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Nation States now increasingly have to cope with large numbers of non-citizens living within their borders. This has largely been understood in terms of the decline of the nation state or of increasing globalisation, but in Managing Migration Lydia Morris argues that it throws up more complex questions. In the context of the European Union the terms of debate about immigration, legislation governing entry, and the practice of regulation reveal a set of competing concerns, including: *anxiety about the political affiliation of migrants *a clash between commitment to equal treatment and the desire to protect national resources *human rights restrictions alongside restrictions to entry. The outcome of these clashes is presented in terms of an increasingly complex system of civic stratification. The book then moves on to examine the way in which abstract notions of rights map on to lived experiences when filtered through other forms of difference such as race and gender. This book will be essential reading for students and researchers working in the areas of migration and the study of the European Union. Lydia Morris is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex.
An investigation of recession and unemployment which makes use of
an in- depth case study to address the implications for social
division. It focuses on changes in patterns of work, social
stratification, domestic organization and social change.; This book
is intended for a variety of postgraduate and undergraduate courses
stratification, work and employment, the family and gender studies.
It should also have considerable public policy appeal.
This pioneering book demonstrates how different traditions of
sociological thought can contribute to an understanding of the
theory and practice of rights. It provides a sociological treatment
of a wide range of substantive issues but never loses sight of the
key theoretical questions. It: considers some varied cases of
public intervention, including welfare, caring, mental health
provisions, pensions, justice and free speech alongside the rights
issues they raise examines the question of rights from the point of
view of distinctive population groups, such as prisoners and
victims, women, ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples and lesbians
and gays. A key strength is its detailed presentation and analysis
of different aspects of rights and its exploration of a variety of
analytical perspectives. Rights are viewed, not in terms of ethical
certainty, but as the product of social processes and part of
shifting terrain which is open to negotiation. Including a
theoretical critique of existing perspectives, Rights offers a
diverse and detailed exploration of the contribution sociological
thought can make to this increasingly important aspect of social
life and is an invaluable aid to students studying in this area.
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Asylum, Welfare and the Cosmopolitan Ideal: A Sociology of Rights
puts forward the argument that rights must be understood as part of
a social process: a terrain for strategies of inclusion and
exclusion but also of contestation and negotiation. Engaging debate
about how 'cosmopolitan' principles and practices may be
transforming national sovereignty, Lydia Morris explores this
premise through a case study of legal activism, civil society
mobilisation, and judicial decision-making. The book documents
government attempts to use destitution as a deterrent to control
asylum numbers, and examines a series of legal challenges to this
policy, spanning a period both before and after the Human Rights
Act. Lydia Morris shows how human rights can be used as a tool for
radical change, and in so doing proposes a multi-layered 'model'
for understanding rights. This incorporates political strategy,
public policy, civil society mobilisation, judicial
decision-making, and their public impact, and advances a dynamic
understanding of rights as part of the recurrent encounter between
principles and politics. Rights are therefore seen as both a social
product and a social force.
Asylum, Welfare and the Cosmopolitan Ideal: A Sociology of
Rights puts forward the argument that rights must be understood as
part of a social process: a terrain for strategies of inclusion and
exclusion but also of contestation and negotiation. Engaging debate
about how 'cosmopolitan' principles and practices may be
transforming national sovereignty, Lydia Morris explores this
premise through a case study of legal activism, civil society
mobilisation, and judicial decision-making. The book documents
government attempts to use destitution as a deterrent to control
asylum numbers, and examines a series of legal challenges to this
policy, spanning a period both before and after the Human Rights
Act. Lydia Morris shows how human rights can be used as a tool for
radical change, and in so doing proposes a multi-layered 'model'
for understanding rights. This incorporates political strategy,
public policy, civil society mobilisation, judicial
decision-making, and their public impact, and advances a dynamic
understanding of rights as part of the recurrent encounter between
principles and politics. Rights are therefore seen as both a social
product and a social force.
This pioneering book demonstrates how different traditions of
sociological thought can contribute to an understanding of the
theory and practice of rights. It provides a sociological treatment
of a wide range of substantive issues but never loses sight of the
key theoretical questions. It: considers some varied cases of
public intervention, including welfare, caring, mental health
provisions, pensions, justice and free speech alongside the rights
issues they raise examines the question of rights from the point of
view of distinctive population groups, such as prisoners and
victims, women, ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples and lesbians
and gays. A key strength is its detailed presentation and analysis
of different aspects of rights and its exploration of a variety of
analytical perspectives. Rights are viewed, not in terms of ethical
certainty, but as the product of social processes and part of
shifting terrain which is open to negotiation. Including a
theoretical critique of existing perspectives, Rights offers a
diverse and detailed exploration of the contribution sociological
thought can make to this increasingly important aspect of social
life and is an invaluable aid to students studying in this area.
"Dangerous Classes" provides a critical review of British and
American debates about the underclass, set in the context of
historical material and policy developments. The idea of an
underclass is based on a notion of social exclusion, be it cultural
or structural in nature. It strikes a contrast with the idea of
social citizenship. In accepted definitions of the underclass
state, dependence had come to be seen as a badge of exclusion
rather than a guarantee of inclusion. There has been a gradual
shift of emphasis in recent commentary, from concern with social
rights to anxiety about social obligations, much of which relates
to the enforcement of the work ethic. Implicit in much of the
literature is an inconclusive examination of gender roles, and
particularly the failure of single mother to fulfil their social
duties. This text aims to uncover the ambiguities and
contradictions of this position. So too is the neglected issue of
migrant labour and its use as a source of labour on terms not
acceptable to the native population.
This collection of papers from the 1993 BSA `Research Imaginations'
conference explores the interpenetration of the public and private
spheres. The book comprises two sections, one dealing with aspects
of employment and finance, the other with domesticity and intimacy.
Topics covered include the changing emotional geography of
workplace and home, the gendering of aspects of employment and
organisation, marital finance and gendered inheritance, the
management of food and domestic labour, researching the emotions,
and understanding intimate violence.
This collection of papers from the 1993 BSA `Research Imaginations' conference explores the interpenetration of the public and private spheres. The book comprises two sections, one dealing with aspects of employment and finance, the other with domesticity and intimacy. Topics covered include the changing emotional geography of workplace and home, the gendering of aspects of employment and organisation, marital finance and gendered inheritance, the management of food and domestic labour, researching the emotions, and understanding intimate violence.
Britain's coalition government of 2010-2015 ushered in an enduring
age of austerity and a "moral mission" of welfare reform as part of
a drive for deficit reduction. Stricter controls were applied to
both domestic welfare and international migration and asylum, which
were presented as two sides of the same coin. Policy in both areas
has engaged a moral message of earned entitlement and invites a
sociological approach that examines such policies in combination,
alongside their underpinning moral economy. Exploring the idea of a
moral economy - from its original focus on popular rebellion at the
rising price of corn to more contemporary analysis of measures that
seek to impose moral values from above - Lydia Morris examines
Britain's reconfigured pattern of rights in the fields of domestic
welfare and migration. Those in power have claimed that heightened
conditions and sanctions for the benefit-dependent domestic
population, both in and out of work, will promote labour market
change and reduce demand for low-skilled migrant workers, often EU
citizens, whose own access to benefits was curtailed prior to
Brexit. Morris traces related political discourse through to the
design and implementation of concrete policy measures and maps the
diminished access to rights that has emerged, paying particular
attention to the boundaries drawn in defining target groups, and
the resistance this has provoked. The Moral Economy of Welfare and
Migration considers the topology of the whole system to highlight
cross-cutting devices of control that have far-reaching
implications for how we are governed as a total population.
Transdiagnostic Group Therapy Training and Implementation provides
clinicians with a user-friendly roadmap for delivering a brief,
transdiagnostic group therapy that can be used for patients
suffering from stress, depression, anxiety, and a range of other
related mental health problems. This is supplemented by over an
hour of training videos hosted on the book's companion website,
visually demonstrating how to effectively implement the therapy.
The book introduces the empirical research that has led to a
greater emphasis on transdiagnostic treatment approaches, and
details how to implement each phase of the therapy, supported by
clinical examples to make practical application easier.
Britain's coalition government of 2010-2015 ushered in an enduring
age of austerity and a "moral mission" of welfare reform as part of
a drive for deficit reduction. Stricter controls were applied to
both domestic welfare and international migration and asylum, which
were presented as two sides of the same coin. Policy in both areas
has engaged a moral message of earned entitlement and invites a
sociological approach that examines such policies in combination,
alongside their underpinning moral economy. Exploring the idea of a
moral economy - from its original focus on popular rebellion at the
rising price of corn to more contemporary analysis of measures that
seek to impose moral values from above - Lydia Morris examines
Britain's reconfigured pattern of rights in the fields of domestic
welfare and migration. Those in power have claimed that heightened
conditions and sanctions for the benefit-dependent domestic
population, both in and out of work, will promote labour market
change and reduce demand for low-skilled migrant workers, often EU
citizens, whose own access to benefits was curtailed prior to
Brexit. Morris traces related political discourse through to the
design and implementation of concrete policy measures and maps the
diminished access to rights that has emerged, paying particular
attention to the boundaries drawn in defining target groups, and
the resistance this has provoked. The Moral Economy of Welfare and
Migration considers the topology of the whole system to highlight
cross-cutting devices of control that have far-reaching
implications for how we are governed as a total population.
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