Borders, Migration and Class in an Age of Crisis
Producing Workers and Immigrants
1st Edition
Published on 3. July 2019
254 pages
978-1-5292-0185-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book responds to global tendencies toward increasingly restrictive border controls and populist movements targeting migrants for violence and exclusion. Informed by Marxist theory, it challenges standard narratives about immigration and problematises commonplace distinctions between 'migrants' and 'workers'. Using Britain as a case study, the book examines how these categories have been constructed and mobilised within representations of a 'migrant crisis' and a 'welfare crisis' to facilitate capitalist exploitation. It uses ideas from grassroots activism to propose alternative understandings of the relationship between borders, migration and class that provide a basis for solidarity.
Reviews / Votes
''Those wishing to shake free from the dominant hostile narrative towards immigration into the UK and elsewhere would do very well to read this - at times brilliantly unique and challenging - account. Vickers champions a bottom-up approach shaped by the perspectives of migrants themselves.'' Gary Craig, Newcastle University ''Tom Vickers' book brings class and class formation back in critical migration and border studies. Exploring points of division, connection, and commonality among the working class from the angle of migration, this book is a timely and important theoretical and political intervention.'' Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna ''By revealing the differently situated perspectives of workers and showing capitalism's relationship to mobility, this book provides activists with a shared foundation, bringing hope for a broad-based collective action that bridges nationalist divides.'' Jessica Potter, Docs Not CopsMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
File size
0,83 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-0185-7 (9781529201857)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
10/2020
1st Edition
Bristol University Press
€45.40
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Book
07/2019
1st Edition
Bristol University Press
€105.40
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Person
Tom Vickers is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. His research is intimately connected to his participation in social movements, community organising and community education, as a form of critical public sociology spanning diverse struggles.
Content
Introduction;
Imperialism, migration and class in the 21st Century;
Deconstructing migrant crises in Europe;
Deconstructing welfare crises;
Mobility power and labour power in the crisis of imperialism;
Deconstructing migrant/worker categories Britain;
Conclusion;
Appendix: Research background and methodology.
Imperialism, migration and class in the 21st Century;
Deconstructing migrant crises in Europe;
Deconstructing welfare crises;
Mobility power and labour power in the crisis of imperialism;
Deconstructing migrant/worker categories Britain;
Conclusion;
Appendix: Research background and methodology.
