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The Language of Asylum - Steven Kirkwood, Simon Goodman, Chris McVittie, Andy McKinlay

The Language of Asylum

Refugees and Discourse
Buch | Hardcover
216 Seiten
2015 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-46115-5 (ISBN)
CHF 74,85 inkl. MwSt
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.

Steve Kirkwood is a Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His research relates to justice and identity, including criminal justice and the experiences of asylum-seekers. He has published in several international journals, including the Journal of Refugee Studies and the British Journal of Social Psychology. Simon Goodman is a Research Fellow at Coventry University, UK, where he was previously a Senior Lecturer. His research applies discursive psychology to a range of issues including asylum seeking, prejudice and racism, the far right and income inequality. He has published widely on discourse about and by asylum-seekers. Chris McVittie is Professor of Social Psychology at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK. He has published widely on topics relating to discourse and identities and is co-author (with Andy McKinlay) of Social Psychology and Discourse (2008) and Identities in Context: Individuals and Discourse in Action (2011). Andy McKinlay is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His research interests lie in the areas of identity and discourse and he is co-author (with Chris McVittie) of Social Psychology and Discourse (2008) and Identities in Context: Individuals and Discourse in Action (2011).

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 BACK 8. Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Integration 9. Destitution, Detention and Forced Return PART V: CONCLUSION 10. Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.10.2015
Zusatzinfo VI, 216 p.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Naturwissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-137-46115-2 / 1137461152
ISBN-13 978-1-137-46115-5 / 9781137461155
Zustand Neuware
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