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Refugees and the violence of welfare bureaucracies in Northern Europe
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- Book Synopsis
- Refugees have moved into the spotlight of public debate in Europe and North America, where they are targeted by multiple welfare state interventions. This volume analyses the tensions that emerge within the strong welfare states of Northern Europe when faced with an increased immigration of protection-seeking people. Examining the encounter between refugees and the welfare states, this book explores the daily strategies and experiences of newly settled groups and the role of media discourses and welfare policies in shaping those experiences. Building on both textual analyses and ethnographic fieldwork in welfare institutions, asylum centres, and refugee communities, this volume provides an in-depth understanding of the complex realities faced by refugees: deterrence and categorisation, struggle and success, mobility and stagnation. As social phenomena, Northern Europe's asylum systems and integration programmes must be understood in the context of the bureaucratisation of everyday life. An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
- About The Author
- Dalia Abdelhady is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Lund University Nina Gren is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Lund University Martin Joormann is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology of Law at Lund University
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781526146830
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press, (01 October 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 248
- Weight
- 522 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 x 14.29 mm
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