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The Bureaucratic Production of Difference: Ethos and Ethics in Migration Administrations
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Abstract In the context of the ever-increasing political problematization of migration in Europe, agencies charged with migrant administration create diverse categories of difference to distinguish between the "deserving migrant" and the illegal one: They assess the detainability or the credibility of asylum... view more
In the context of the ever-increasing political problematization of migration in Europe, agencies charged with migrant administration create diverse categories of difference to distinguish between the "deserving migrant" and the illegal one: They assess the detainability or the credibility of asylum seekers, the danger posed by Islamic organizations, and make situational decisions that determine whether migration or labour law applies to individual agricultural workers. In this book, each chapter analyses how organizational interpretations of the common good shape bureaucratic practices. Together, these ethnographic analyses reveal how migration policies in different European countries take shape in administrative practice.... view less
Keywords
Europe; migration; illegal immigration; administration; bureaucracy; integration; migration policy; asylum procedure
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Administrative Science
Free Keywords
Cultural Anthropology; European Politics; Morality
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
177 p.
Series
Kultur und soziale Praxis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839451045
ISBN
978-3-8394-5104-5
Status
Published Version; reviewed