Migration and Nationalism

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Migration and Nationalism

Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives

9781839100758 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Michael Samers, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, US and Jens Rydgren, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Publication Date: 2024 ISBN: 978 1 83910 075 8 Extent: 242 pp
This cutting-edge book presents a unique focus on nationalism and migration, exploring the relationship between these two concepts in countries throughout the world. Combining theoretical and empirical discussions from a range of disciplinary perspectives, the book interrogates the consequences of nationalism for migration in the 21st century.

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This cutting-edge book presents a unique focus on nationalism and migration, exploring the relationship between these two concepts in countries throughout the world. Combining theoretical and empirical discussions from a range of disciplinary perspectives, the book questions the rise of nationalism in the 21st century instead of simply assuming its ascendancy.

Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book not only conceptualises ethno-nationalism, but also details its effects. From Islamophobia and racism in Europe and North America, to xenophobia in China and South Africa, the book critically examines the many forms of discursive and material exclusions that exist across the globe. Rejecting a simple framework that links the supposed rise of ethno-nationalism to the limits of neoliberalism, it instead argues that nationalism and neoliberalism may in fact be combined. It also considers how this leads to discourses, policies and practices of differential inclusion and exclusion, and vice versa.

International and multidisciplinary in scope, Migration and Nationalism will be a beneficial read for academics, researchers and students in politics and public policy, geography, sociology and social policy, urban and regional studies, and development studies. It also will be of benefit to policymakers within these fields.
Critical Acclaim
‘A particularly impressive contribution by this book is that not only does it greatly enhance understanding of the relationship between immigration and nationalism, but by doing so, it provides important insights into the contemporary condition of societies and politics in Europe and North America and the boundaries of inclusion and exclusion that they maintain and sustain.’
– Andrew Geddes, European University Institute, Italy

‘We cannot separate immigration from nationalism. This book offers fresh insights into this understudied relationship. It helps us understand how populism, right-wing politics, and neoliberalism affect migration policies. To me it shows why the dream of free movement for all seems so distant today.’
– Harald Bauder, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Contributors
Contributors include: Ilke Adam, Marco Antonsich, Hans-Georg Betz, Lenka Bustikova, Gabriella Elgenius, Anastasia Gorodzeisky, Petra Guasti, Naoto Higuchi, Christian Joppke, Theodora Lam, Inna Leykin, Jens Rydgren, Michael Samers, Catherine Xhardez, Brenda S.A. Yeoh
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Contents:

1 Introduction: migration and nationalism 1
Michael Samers and Jens Rydgren

PART I THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
2 Immigration and nationalism in the neoliberal order 31
Christian Joppke
3 In the name of dignity and respect: international migration
and the ethnopopulist backlash 51
Hans-Georg Betz

PART II COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
4 Italy between and beyond geographical and racial divides 70
Marco Antonsich
5 Post-Soviet Russia: anti-immigrant sentiment and
discourses of national identity 88
Inna Leykin and Anastasia Gorodzeisky
6 The politics of ethnic nationalism, nostalgia and
anti-immigrant framing: the trajectory of the Sweden
Democrats 1989–2022 114
Gabriella Elgenius and Jens Rydgren
7 Immigration and nationalism in Japan 134
Naoto Higuchi
8 The nation and its margins: the cultural politics of
multiracialism and migration in Singapore 154
Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Theodora Lam
9 How sub-state nationalism and immigrant integration
policies entwine over time: a spotlight on Flanders (Belgium) 172
Ilke Adam and Catherine Xhardez
10 Migration and right-wing mobilization in the Czech Republic 195
Lenka Bustikova and Petra Guasti
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