Inclusionary Rhetoric/Exclusionary Practices

Left-wing Politics and Migrants in Italy
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84545-157-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: New Directions in Anthropology

Migration and multiculturalism are hotly discussed in public debates across Europe. Whereas ethnographic research has begun to examine the Right in this context, the Left remains largely unexplored. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Bologna – the show-case city of the Italian Left – this book provides fresh perspectives on how the contemporary Left "frames" these issues in practice and how such framing has changed in recent decades. By focusing on the official rhetoric grassroots discourses, policy and civil societal practices of the Left as well as on the immigrants' own views, this book timely offers a comprehensive, vivid, and critical account of changing ideas about ethnicity, class, identity and difference in "progressive" politics and of the implications that such ideas have for the incorporation of migrants in Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Però, Davide

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Left and the Challenge of the ‘New Immigrations’

Chapter 2. The Case Studied: Historical and Geographical Background

Chapter 3. The Left and Immigrants in the Socialist Era

Chapter 4. Official Rhetoric, Immigrants’ Views and Grassroots Discourses

Chapter 5. Housing Policies

Chapter 6. Political Participation

Chapter 7. Civil Society

Chapter 8. Inclusionary Rhetoric/Exclusionary Practices: an illustrative ethnographic story

Chapter 9. Conclusions: Multiculturalism and the Retreat from Class

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Però, Davide
Davide Però, is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Nottingham and Research Associate at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (Oxford University) where he previously worked. He has conducted ethnographic research on migration and politics in Italy, Spain and the UK.