Go home?: The politics of immigration controversies

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Jones, Hannah, Gunaratnam, Yasmin, Bhattacharyya, G., Davies, William, Dhaliwal, Sukhwant, Forkert, Kirsten, Jackson, Emma and Saltus, Roiyah 2017. Go home?: The politics of immigration controversies. Manchester Manchester University Press.
AuthorsJones, Hannah, Gunaratnam, Yasmin, Bhattacharyya, G., Davies, William, Dhaliwal, Sukhwant, Forkert, Kirsten, Jackson, Emma and Saltus, Roiyah
Abstract

The 2013 Go Home vans marked a turning point in government-sponsored communication designed to demonstrate control and toughness on immigration. In this study, the authors explore the effects of this toughness: on policy, public debate, pro-migrant and anti-racist activism, and on the everyday lives of people in Britain. Bringing together an authorial team of eight respected social researchers, alongside the voices of community organisations, policy makers, migrants and citizens, and with an afterword by journalist Kiri Kankhwende, this is an important intervention in one of the most heated social issues of our time.

KeywordsGovernment; Communication; Immigration; Racism; Policy; Activism; Migrant; Britain; Research; Ethics
Year2017
PublisherManchester University Press
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Print16 Mar 2017
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Deposited26 May 2017
Place of publicationManchester
ISBN978-1526113221
1526113228
Web address (URL)https://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=625583
Copyright holderThe Authors, 2017
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CC BY-NC-ND
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