Decentring race the politics of welcoming Ukrainians in Romania Raluca Bejan

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bejan, Raluca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romania--Race relations.

Romania.

Ukrainians--Romania.

Ukrainians.

Refugees.

Ukraine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Central European University Press, 2026.

Budapest Central European University Press [2026]

System Details:

digital

Summary:

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and people began to flee the country, the hospitality of neighbouring countries towards Ukrainians was set in stark contrast to their reluctance to accommodate refugees from Africa and the Middle East. Critics suggested that Europe was treating refugees from Ukraine better than those from the Global South, and attributed this difference to race. Using Romania as a case study, and drawing on fifty-one interviews with civil society stakeholders, community activists, and Romanian state officials, and twenty-five interviews with international students who were in Ukraine at the time of the invasion, Decentring Race complicates the story that singles out race as the primary factor in the categorization of refugees as either deserving or undeserving. Alongside nationality, ethnicity, religion, class, gender, and local racial politics, it brings to the fore geopolitical realities and the bipartite EU-Ukraine legislative framework as factors that shaped the granting of transnational mobility rights

Contents:

The Argument 1.Fieldwork 2.Welcoming at Play 3. Race or Nationality as Justification? 4. Add-On Identities 5. Außenpolitik 6. The Inhospitality of Temporary Protection Coda Bibliography

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781042008186

1042008183

963386853X

9789633868539

OCLC:

1592928830

Publisher Number:

CIPO000396819

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Restricted for use by site license