Immigration and Insecurity in France

"This book closely examines the debate over immigration in contemporary France, looking not only at the development of immigration and nationality policies, but also at the changing discourse on the integration of immigrants. It analyses the continuing racialisation of discourse on immigration and anti-Islamic sentiment arising from the 'Islamic headscarf affair'. The work addresses issues such as the gendered nature of immigration and pays particular attention to the experiences of women immigrants in France. This analysis is then placed within the context of developments in the EU towards creating a unified immigration and asylum policy."--Jacket.

First sentence: In 1983, following the French municipal elections which had been marked by the electoral breakthrough of the extreme-Right Front National, Etienne Balibar remarked that, 'to present those whose existence encompasses the maximum amount of insecurity, immigrant workers, as constituting the principal source of insecurity for France, is a paradox, if not provocation' (Balibar, 1992: 35).

Year

2004

Language

English

Series

Critical Security Series

Publisher

Ashgate Publishing

Editions

8

Pages

182

ISBN

9780754635833

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