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12 Bureaucratised banality
Asylum and immobility in Britain, Denmark and Sweden
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Victoria Canning
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- List of tables viii
- List of contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xii
- 1 Introduction 1
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PART I: Governing refugees
- 2 Social class, economic capital and the Swedish, German and Danish asylum systems 31
- 3 Lesson for the future or threat to sovereignty? 50
- 4 Representations of the refugee crisis in Denmark 67
- 5 Minimum rights policies targeting people seeking protection in Denmark and Sweden 85
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PART II: Disciplining refugees
- 6 Images of crisis and the crisis of images 105
- 7 Media constructions of the refugee crisis in Sweden 122
- 8 (De-)legitimation of migration 144
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PART III: The meaning of refugeeness
- 9 Living bureaucratisation 161
- 10 Aspiration, appreciation, and frustration 180
- 11 The trauma of waiting 195
- 12 Bureaucratised banality 210
- Index 227
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- List of tables viii
- List of contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xii
- 1 Introduction 1
-
PART I: Governing refugees
- 2 Social class, economic capital and the Swedish, German and Danish asylum systems 31
- 3 Lesson for the future or threat to sovereignty? 50
- 4 Representations of the refugee crisis in Denmark 67
- 5 Minimum rights policies targeting people seeking protection in Denmark and Sweden 85
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PART II: Disciplining refugees
- 6 Images of crisis and the crisis of images 105
- 7 Media constructions of the refugee crisis in Sweden 122
- 8 (De-)legitimation of migration 144
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PART III: The meaning of refugeeness
- 9 Living bureaucratisation 161
- 10 Aspiration, appreciation, and frustration 180
- 11 The trauma of waiting 195
- 12 Bureaucratised banality 210
- Index 227