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The politics of compassion : immigration and asylum policy / Ala Sirriyeh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sirriyeh, Ala, author.
- Series:
- Global migration and social change.
- Global migration and social change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Asylum, Right of--Psychological aspects.
- Asylum, Right of.
- Emotions--Political aspects.
- Emotions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Through case studies from Australia, Europe and the US, this book explores how emotion is central to understanding the formation of immigration policy. The author looks beyond the 'negative' emotions of fear and hostility to examine the politics of compassion in immigration and asylum policy discourse.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Series Preface
- A Crisis of Compassion
- The Emotional Politics of Immigration and Asylum
- Emotion, Colonialism and Immigration Policy
- The Intolerable Death of Alan Kurdi
- Victims, Villains and Saviours
- Withholding Compassion
- Outrage, Responsibility and Accountability
- Self-Care and Solidarity: The Undocumented Immigrant Youth Movement
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-5292-0044-X
- 1-5292-0043-1
- OCLC:
- 1043913437
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