Blood and oranges : European markets and immigrant labor in rural Greece / Christopher M. Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Christopher M., author.

Series:

Dislocations ; volume 2.

Dislocations ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--Greece.

Foreign workers.

Xenophobia--Greece.

Xenophobia.

Social integration--Greece.

Social integration.

Nationalism--Economic aspects--Greece.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A compelling account of the intersection of globalization and neo-racism in a rural Greek community, this book describes the contradictory political and economic development of the Greek countryside since its incorporation into the European Union, where increased prosperity and social liberalization have been accompanied by the creation of a vulnerable and marginalized class of immigrant laborers. The author analyzes the paradoxical resurgence of ethnic nationalism and neo-racism that has grown in the wake of European unification and addresses key issues of racism, neoliberalism and nationa

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; Lists; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 A Brief History of Conflict and Accommodation in Argolida; Chapter 2 Agricultural Production and Household Economies; Chapter 3 Immigrant Labor in the Villages; Chapter 4 The Social Transformation of the Countryside; Chapter 5 The State, Citizenship, and Identity in Argolida; Chapter 6 The Politics of Resistance; Chapter 7 Nationalism in a Globalizing Economy; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 2007 by Berghahn Books.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 1, 2014).

ISBN:

9780857452856

0857452851