Unsettling Integration

Decolonial Acts of Belonging

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book critically examines the concept of refugee integration, challenging its colonial underpinnings and structural asymmetries while exploring alternative possibilities for inclusion. Through grounded case studies in Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, and Kenya, it delves into how education, labor, and social participation can foster more just and inclusive political arrangements. By centering the lived experiences of refugees navigating hostile environments and restrictive policies, the volume highlights spaces of agency, dignity, and relation. Rather than offering a singular model, it invites readers to imagine a decolonial politics of inclusion that resists categorization and prioritizes ethical participation beyond assimilation. This work rethinks the moral and political imagination of refuge, charting a critical path toward solidarity and justice.The volume is aimed at scholars, policymakers, activists, and students engaged in migration studies, political science, sociology, and decolonial theory. It will also resonate with practitioners working in refugee support, human rights advocacy, and international development.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-07-06
Mått174 x 246 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEthnic and Racial Studies
Antal sidor161
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041270713

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Migration inom Samhälle och politik
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Fiona Murphy is an Anthropologist and Assistant Professor at Dublin City University. Her research focuses on displacement, migration, and environmental change, with a particular emphasis on refugee experiences in Ireland and Turkey. She has also worked with Australia’s ‘Stolen Generation.’ Dr. Murphy’s interdisciplinary work bridges anthropology, creative writing, and advocacy, exploring themes of identity, justice, and belonging.Ulrike M. Vieten is a transnational Sociologist and Associate Professor at Queen’s University Belfast specializing in the historical construction and transformation of racialised group boundaries and in and beyond Europe. She has published 8 books; the latest, ‘Loss and Liquid Citizenship in Europe: The Postmigration Condition in an Age of Populism’ (with Routledge), in 2025. Dr. Vieten has held various research grants focusing on displacement, minority EU citizens, refugees and loss, e.g. working internationally with colleagues in Turkey, Ireland, GB, the Netherlands, Australia and India.

Foreword Introduction: Decolonising refugee integration paradigms: visions for a new politics of inclusion and participation in Europe and beyond 1. Decolonizing the integration discourse through embedded narratives 2. Valuing women’s spaces and communities: refugee integration in hostile environments 3. Spaces of teaching and (un)learning: forced migration and volunteer-led English teaching 4. Exclusionary Inclusion in the German higher education system. Students designated as refugees and the coloniality of epistemic power 5. Stories of hospitality: practising hospitality and intercultural dialogue in a University of Sanctuary context 6. Crafting in waiting: social entrepreneurship and refugee labour at the frontier 7. Decolonizing refugee integration: challenges and pathways for addressing protracted refugee situation in Kakuma refugee camp Afterword: Decoding “decolonising” in decolonising living and writing integration: commentary of the special issue on decolonising refugee paradigms