Refugees in Britain

Practices of Hospitality and Labelling

Gillian McFadyen

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Edinburgh University Press
09 December 2020

Social & political philosophy; Refugees & political asylum; Social mobility; Migration, immigration & emigration

An empirical examination of contemporary refugee practices in Britain Innovative theoretical framework , weaving for the first time together the theories of hospitality and labeling and applying them to the refugee regimeExpansion of the theoretical framework of hospitality, with development towards an understanding of externalized humanitarian hospitalityResearch underpinned by rich empirical material- 34 interviews and 30+years of archival research on government framing of the refugeeOffers three, empirically grounded, case studies on the British asylum system from the national, regional and grass-roots level. This book provides a multi-faceted way of assessing the British approach to refuge on local, state and regional levels, by intertwining the theories of hospitality and labelling before applying them to the study of refugees. This novel method of looking at the British refugee regime allows for deeper insights into the notions of power, identification, responsibility, language and externalisation of refugee politics. The book argues that the British refugee regime has developed towards an externalised humanitarian hospitality whereby the practice is geographically projected beyond the territorial confines of the state in order to both control and exclude the refugee. In tandem, the book also engages with counter-discourses by examining local practices of British hospitality and showing acts of solidarity that challenge the statist logic. The result is a theoretically informed account of the British approach to externalisation and geographical seclusion of refugees, particularly in response to the current Mediterranean Crisis.

By: Gillian McFadyen
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781474447164
ISBN 10: 1474447163
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 09 December 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Gillian McFadyen is Lecturer in International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Her research focuses on International Politics, Postcolonial and Poststructural theory and Asylum. Her work was published in key journals, including the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies and British Journal of Politics and International Relations.

Reviews for Refugees in Britain: Practices of Hospitality and Labelling

In this ground-breaking analysis of the paradoxes of hospitality in the refugee regime, McFadyen contrasts the state's externalised humanitarianism - a screen to hide restrictive practices of hostility and labelling - with private activism in the form of 'hospitality as resistance'. A significant contribution, and a must-read for scholars and practitioners alike.--Jenny Edkins, University of Manchester