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The Language of Asylum : Refugees and Discourse / by Steven Kirkwood, Simon Goodman, Chris McVittie, Andy McKinlay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirkwood, Steven., Author.
- Goodman, Simon., Author.
- McVittie, Chris, Author.
- McKinlay, Andy., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Personality.
- Difference (Psychology).
- Sociolinguistics.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Community psychology.
- Social structure.
- Equality.
- Personality and Differential Psychology.
- Human Migration.
- Community Psychology.
- Social Structure.
- Local Subjects:
- Personality and Differential Psychology.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Human Migration.
- Community Psychology.
- Social Structure.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2016.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The early part of the 21st century has been marked by widespread social upheaval and geographical displacement of people. This book examines how refugees, asylum-seekers, locals and professional refugee workers make sense of asylum and refuge in the context of current UK asylum policies.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Seeking Asylum and the Journey; 1 Policy and Research on Refugees and Asylum-Seekers; 2 Theory and Method in Understanding the Experiences of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers; Part II: Getting Here; 3 Places of Death - Constructing Asylum-Seekers' and Refugees' Countries of Origin; 4 Places of Safety - Constructing Countries of Refuge; 5 Who Counts as an Asylum-Seeker or Refugee?; Part III: Being Here; 6 Asylum-Seekers and the Right to Work; 7 Relationships with Local Residents - Antagonism, Racism and Belonging
- Part IV: Staying Here or Going Back8 Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Integration; 9 Destitution, Detention and Forced Return; Part V: Conclusion; 10 Conclusion; Key Terms; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137461162
- 1137461160
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