Borders, Migration and Class in an Age of Crisis

Producing Workers and Immigrants

AvTom Vickers

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

This book responds to global tendencies toward increasingly restrictive border controls and populist movements targeting migrants for violence and exclusion. Informed by Marxist theory, it challenges standard narratives about immigration and problematises commonplace distinctions between ‘migrants’ and ‘workers’. Using Britain as a case study, the book examines how these categories have been constructed and mobilised within representations of a ‘migrant crisis’ and a ‘welfare crisis’ to facilitate capitalist exploitation. It uses ideas from grassroots activism to propose alternative understandings of the relationship between borders, migration and class that provide a basis for solidarity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-07-03
Mått:156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt:534 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Global Migration and Social Change
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529201819

Utforska kategorier

Migration inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Tom Vickers is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. His research is intimately connected to his participation in social movements, community organising and community education, as a form of critical public sociology spanning diverse struggles.

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''Those wishing to shake free from the dominant hostile narrative towards immigration into the UK and elsewhere would do very well to read this – at times brilliantly unique and challenging – account. Vickers champions a bottom-up approach shaped by the perspectives of migrants themselves.'' Gary Craig, Newcastle University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction;Imperialism, migration and class in the 21st Century;Deconstructing migrant crises in Europe;Deconstructing welfare crises;Mobility power and labour power in the crisis of imperialism;Deconstructing migrant/worker categories Britain;Conclusion;Appendix: Research background and methodology.