Nothing Personal? : Geographies of Governing and Activism in the British Asylum System Paperback / softback
by Nick (University of Exeter, UK) Gill
Part of the RGS-IBG Book Series series
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In this groundbreaking new study, Nick Gill provides a conceptually innovative account of the ways in which indifference to the desperation and hardship faced by thousands of migrants fleeing persecution and exploitation comes about. Features original, unpublished empirical material from four Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded projectsChallenges the consensus that border controls are necessary or desirable in contemporary societyDemonstrates how immigration decision makers are immersed in a suffocating web of institutionalized processes that greatly hinder their objectivity and limit their access to alternative perspectivesTheoretically informed throughout, drawing on the work of a range of social theorists, including Max Weber, Zygmunt Bauman, Emmanuel Levinas, and Georg Simmel
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:12/02/2016
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- ISBN:9781444367058
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:12/02/2016
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- ISBN:9781444367058
