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Suitable Enemy
Liz Fekete
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Description for Suitable Enemy
Paperback. Fekete exposes a new kind of institutionalised racism behind the inhuman migration and security policies of the EU. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JPSN2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU immigration, asylum, race and security policies.
Liz Fekete argues that at the same time as the EU introduces selective migration policies, it closes its borders against asylum seekers who were the first victims of the growth of the security state which now embraces Muslims. She explores the way in which antiterrorist legislation has been used to evict undesirable migrants, how deportation policies commodify and dehumanise the most vulnerable and how these go hand in hand with evolving forms of racism, particularly Islamophobia.
At the heart of ... Read more
This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU immigration, asylum, race and security policies.
Liz Fekete argues that at the same time as the EU introduces selective migration policies, it closes its borders against asylum seekers who were the first victims of the growth of the security state which now embraces Muslims. She explores the way in which antiterrorist legislation has been used to evict undesirable migrants, how deportation policies commodify and dehumanise the most vulnerable and how these go hand in hand with evolving forms of racism, particularly Islamophobia.
At the heart of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745327921
SKU
V9780745327921
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99-1
About Liz Fekete
Liz Fekete is Executive Director of the Institute of Race Relations and has written and lectured widely on issues of migration, race and security in Europe. She edits the European Race Bulletin. She is a consultant on refugee and immigration issues to a number of organisations, including the Refugee Council, and was an expert witness at the Basso Permanent Peoples' ... Read more
Reviews for Suitable Enemy
'One of the best analysts of the complexities of racism in Europe today. This the major work we've been waiting for. An enormously accomplished and important book'
Professor Avery Gordon, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara 'Presents an important analysis that should be used by anyone concerned about the real threats to human rights and democracy today' ... Read more
Professor Avery Gordon, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara 'Presents an important analysis that should be used by anyone concerned about the real threats to human rights and democracy today' ... Read more