Hall, Suzanne 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0660-648X
(2015)
Focus: migration and election 2015.
Discovery Society
(01 Feb 2015).
Website.
Abstract
This special issue of Discover Society, edited by Suzi Hall, focuses on immigration in the UK within broader realities of increased global migration. The issue takes as a key reference point the implications of the new UK Immigration Act 2014, and the current climate of punitive immigration legislation that the act has ushered in. Distinctive changes to how migration is regulated have occurred, alongside an acrimonious public debate on immigration, as the UK heads towards a national election in 2015. The special issue includes perspectives from academics, activists and practitioners, and explores how immigration processes reshape the composition of societal institutions, alter the possibilities of professional practice, and change the prospects of both life and death as a migrant. Specifically, the articles address some of the more pernicious aspects of new forms of governing immigration including: the mercantile nature of national border controls; the construction of ‘illegality’ through varied ‘sans papiers’ mechanisms; and the substantive reduction of migrants’ rights. Emerging forms of migrant resistance are also explored within locally constituted forums as well as larger notions of universal rights. Finally, we take a critical perspective on the current shape of the immigration debate as we head towards the general election, and suggest that policy attempts at restricting immigration may well have adverse effects
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.discoversociety.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author |
| Divisions: | Sociology LSE Cities |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2015 11:04 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2024 03:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/61041 |
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