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Inclusionary Rhetoric/Exclusionary Practices

Left-wing Politics and Migrants in Italy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Migration and multiculturalism are hotly discussed in public debates across Europe. Whereas ethnographic research has begun to examine the Right in this context, the Left remains largely unexplored. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Bologna – the show-case city of the Italian Left – this book provides fresh perspectives on how the contemporary Left "frames" these issues in practice and how such framing has changed in recent decades. By focusing on the official rhetoric grassroots discourses, policy and civil societal practices of the Left as well as on the immigrants' own views, this book timely offers a comprehensive, vivid, and critical account of changing ideas about ethnicity, class, identity and difference in "progressive" politics and of the implications that such ideas have for the incorporation of migrants in Europe.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-10-01
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt390 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Directions in Anthropology
Antal sidor160
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781845451578

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List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Introduction: The Left and the Challenge of the ‘New Immigrations’Chapter 2. The Case Studied: Historical and Geographical BackgroundChapter 3. The Left and Immigrants in the Socialist EraChapter 4. Official Rhetoric, Immigrants’ Views and Grassroots DiscoursesChapter 5. Housing PoliciesChapter 6. Political ParticipationChapter 7. Civil SocietyChapter 8. Inclusionary Rhetoric/Exclusionary Practices: an illustrative ethnographic storyChapter 9. Conclusions: Multiculturalism and the Retreat from ClassBibliographyIndex

“The fluid and dynamic narration of these pages give the reader a detailed and comparative understanding of the failure of the Italian Left to translate into practice an inclusive rhetoric vis-à-vis new immigrants…In sum, this is a detailed and original study, which, due to the emphasis it places on institutional behaviour and logic of action, can easily circulate not only among scholars but also among politicians, policy makers as well as civil society activists.” · Anthropology in Action