Go home? : The politics of immigration controversies / Hannah Jones, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Gargi Bhattacharyya, Roiyah Saltus, Sukhwant Dhaliwal, Kirsten Forkert, Emma Jackson, William Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Hannah, Author.

Bhattacharyya, Gargi, Author.

Dhaliwal, Sukhwant, Author.

Forkert, Kirsten, Author.

Gunaratnam, Yasmin, Author.

Jackson, Emma, Author.

Saltus, Roiyah, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. In July 2013, the UK government arranged for a van to drive through parts of London carrying the message 'In the UK illegally? GO HOME or face arrest.' This book tells the story of what happened next. The vans were short-lived, but they were part of an ongoing trend in government-sponsored communication designed to demonstrate toughness on immigration. The authors set out to explore the effects of such performances: on policy, on public debate, on pro-migrant and anti-racist activism, and on the everyday lives of people in Britain. This book presents their findings, and provides insights into the practice of conducting research on such a charged and sensitive topic.

Contents:

Front matter

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

Notes on authors

Acknowledgements

Note on terminology

1 Introduction

Living Research One

2 Permeable borders, performative politics and public mistrust

Living Research Two

3 Immigration and the limits of statistical government

Living Research Three

4 Spaces and places of governance and resistance

Living Research Four

5 Un/deserving migrants and resisting dehumanisation

Living Research Five

6 Conclusion

Living Research Six

Afterword

Appendix

Index

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)

ISBN:

9781526117946

1526117940

OCLC:

982228701