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Constructions of migrant integration in British public discourse : becoming British / Sam Bennett

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Bennett, Sam T.
Published
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 227 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
To be or not to be (British): discourse, integration and the public sphere -- Discourse, race and migration -- (En)acting integration -- Historical and socio-political contexts -- Analysis of government policy texts -- Analysis of media texts -- Analysis of focus groups -- Discussion and conclusion: the discursive construction of integration in the public sphere.
Summary
"This is a study into how the public discourse on migrant integration in the UK changed from 2000-2010. The book shows that the discursive construction of integration in the British public sphere shifted from one of cultural pluralism to one of neo-assimilation, informed by a wider spread of neo-liberalism that necessitates self-sufficiency and discourages state assistance. Situated within the Critical Discourse Studies tradition, the book employs a Discourse Historical approach to the data and includes innovative analysis combining 'top-down' (policy documents and media texts) and 'bottom-up' (focus groups with migrants and new citizens) sites of discourse production. In doing so, it provides a broad and detailed perspective of public discourse on integration in the UK. The book shows that understandings of 'integration' are diachronically and synchronically fluid and as such, the term plays an important role as a 'consensus concept' that different actors can support whilst construing it in different ways. Analysis of the data further reveals that integration is interdiscursively linked to other social fields, such as the economy, terrorism and public spending. The book also argues that integration policy has become directed not just at new migrants, but also long-term British citizens and that this has the potential to have considerable impact on community cohesion"--
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9781350029217 electronic book
1350029211 electronic book
9781350029224 electronic book
135002922X electronic book
9781350029231 electronic book
1350029238 electronic book
9781350029200 hardcover
1350029203 hardcover
9781350123120 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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