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OverviewOver the last two decades in the West, there has been a significant increase in the arrest, imprisonment and detention of migrants. The racial criminalization and victimization of migrants and Roma people has led judicial authorities, local governments, the police, mass media and the general population to perceive migrants and 'gypsies' as responsible for a wide range of offences. Taking into consideration the political and cultural conditions that affect and interconnect societies of emigration and immigration, the contributors examine and compare a range of cases in Europe and the United States. The contributions demonstrate how the persecution of the 'current enemy' is the 'total political fact' of the 21st century in that it ensures consensus and business, or what might be termed the 'crime deal' of today. This provocative book has international appeal and will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policymakers with an interest in migration and social and ethnic control. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Salvatore Palidda , Professor David NelkenPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.703kg ISBN: 9781409407492ISBN 10: 1409407497 Pages: 326 Publication Date: 16 February 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'As the criminalization of immigrants, often coupled with processes of racialization and expressions of religious intolerance, has become a major issue in Western Europe, Salvatore Palidda's edited volume offers an important and timely contribution to the understanding of phenomena which put to the test the very heart of our democracies.' Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA 'This book will make mainstream criminologists howl at its unrelenting criticism of the West's heavy-handed reliance upon the criminal law and incarceration to dampen the cry for freedom and opportunity coming from migrants from less privileged nations. With rhetoric and data it paints an ugly picture of gulags, neoracism, and inhumanity.' William F. McDonald, Georgetown University, USA 'This rich volume does not only expand the existing scholarship on criminalization and on migration. It is also an outstanding contribution to the sociology of the state, of inequality, and of neoliberalism in the 21st century.' Critical Sociology '... a must read for those academics, researchers and policy makers with an interest in migrations and socio-ethnic control, and not only in Europe.' Southworld.net 'This book is to be applauded for exploring migration from a novel perspective, drawing together both the global and the local. It is in examining these intersections that the book brings new insights whilst also highlighting some of the deeply concerning issues of power and inequality that exist in the world's richest nations.' Prison Service Journal 'As the criminalization of immigrants, often coupled with processes of racialization and expressions of religious intolerance, has become a major issue in Western Europe, Salvatore Palidda's edited volume offers an important and timely contribution to the understanding of phenomena which put to the test the very heart of our democracies.' Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA 'This book will make mainstream criminologists howl at its unrelenting criticism of the West's heavy-handed reliance upon the criminal law and incarceration to dampen the cry for freedom and opportunity coming from migrants from less privileged nations. With rhetoric and data it paints an ugly picture of gulags, neoracism, and inhumanity.' William F. McDonald, Georgetown University, USA 'This rich volume does not only expand the existing scholarship on criminalization and on migration. It is also an outstanding contribution to the sociology of the state, of inequality, and of neoliberalism in the 21st century.' Critical Sociology '... a must read for those academics, researchers and policy makers with an interest in migrations and socio-ethnic control, and not only in Europe.' Southworld.net 'This book is to be applauded for exploring migration from a novel perspective, drawing together both the global and the local. It is in examining these intersections that the book brings new insights whilst also highlighting some of the deeply concerning issues of power and inequality that exist in the world's richest nations.' Prison Service Journal Author InformationSalvatore Palidda is Professor of Sociology at the University of Genoa, Italy. He is the author of many publications on migrations and social control, and since 1995 has directed a number of European projects related to the themes explored in this book. His most recent book (co-edited with Alessandro Dal Lago) is Conflict, Security and the Reshaping of Society: The Civilization of War (2010). Salvatore Palidda, Alessandro Dal Lago, Fabienne Brion, Marcello Manieri, Frederico Rahola, Jerome Valluy, Nando Sigona, Nidhi Trehan, Alessandro De Giorgi, Laurent Mucchielli, Sophie Nevanen, Hans-Joerge Albrecht, Jose Angel Brandariz Garcia, Cristina Fernandez Bessa, Bernard E. Harcourt, Yasha Maccanico. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |