| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 216 pages) |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index. |
| Contents |
Seeking asylum and the journey. Policy and research on refugees and asylum-seekers ; Theory and method in understanding the experiences of refugees and asylum-seekers -- Getting here. Places of death--constructing asylum-seekers' and refugees' countries of origin ; Places of safety--constructing countries of refuge ; Who counts as an asylum-seeker or refugee? -- Being here. Asylum-seekers and the right to work ; Relationships with local residents--antagonism, racism and belonging -- Staying here or going back. Refugees, asylum-seekers and integration ; Destitution, detention and forced return -- Conclusion. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. |
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Assimilation (Sociology)
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Assimilation (Sociology) |
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Immigrants -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.
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Immigrants. |
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Great Britain. |
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Social conditions. |
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Emigration and immigration law -- Great Britain.
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Emigration and immigration law. |
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Migration, immigration & emigration. |
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Social issues & processes. |
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Social, group or collective psychology. |
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Sociolinguistics. |
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The self, ego, identity, personality. |
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology. |
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Immigrants -- Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Goodman, Simon, 1948- author.
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McVittie, Chris, author.
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McKinlay, Andrew, author.
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| In: |
Springer eBooks |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781137461162 |
| ISBN |
1137461160 (electronic book) |
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9781137461162 (electronic book) |
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1137461152 |
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9781137461155 |
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9781349576135 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-1-137-46116-2 |
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