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“Keep Britain White”: Britain’s Inherently Racist Immigration Laws

Carol Pierre — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:08:47 +0000

Migration policies restricting the entry of ‘foreigners’ to the UK have historically been hailed by the right wing, as protecting both the financial and social security of its citizens, in addition to protecting the cultural heritage of the nation-state. When critiquing these policies, the left wing has had a tendency

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A Reflexive Perspective on Privileged Migration Studies. What’s the Point?

Sophie Cranston — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:30:16 +0000

In political and popular discourse, migration is alternately portrayed as a problem to be managed or a danger to be fought. Consequently, the term appears to carry with it a set of social and political issues. Drawing on reflexive migration studies, it seems therefore appropriate to question how some mobile

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Krisen und Migrationspolitisierung: Kontext ist Trumpf

Marco Bitschnau — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 07:30:06 +0000

Welchen Einfluss haben Krisen auf die Politisierung von Migration? Dieser Frage sind wir mit Leslie Ader und Didier Ruedin in einem jüngst erschienenen Artikel nachgegangen, in dem wir sogenannte ‘claims’ – Einzelaussagen und Interviewäusserungen aber auch Abstimmungen oder Proteste – untersucht haben, über die in grossen Schweizer Printmedien berichtet wurde.

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Crisis Communication on Twitter: The Case of Switzerland

Marie-Eve Bélanger — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:05:40 +0000

In COVID times, one of the challenges of the “new normal” has been to communicate the importance of a set of very unusual and stringent rules that populations must follow to contribute to the preservation of their health and public safety. How did the Swiss government and political elites use

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Asylum Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Persecution: The Political Discourse in Switzerland

Mathis Schnell — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:00:54 +0000

For nearly three decades, Swiss officials have registered asylum claims based on persecution due to sexual orientation and gender identity. Initially, a predominantly administrative act, the issue is now present and debated in the political space. In these lines, I describe how the issue has developed into an ideologically debated

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Les médias jouent un rôle essentiel sur les réactions vis-à-vis de la politique migratoire de l’UDC

Matthieu Vétois — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:30:53 +0000

« Trop, c’est trop ! », « On est trop serré ! », « Voulez-vous être remplacé par un Européen bon marché ? » Voici des slogans en faveur de l’initiative de limitation de l’immigration, soumise à votation le 27 septembre prochain. Ces slogans peuvent interpeller et mener à penser

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Battle of Narratives: Discursive Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Leslie Ader — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:30:54 +0000

In this time of pandemic, there have been heated debates surrounding the Coronavirus (COVID-19), from its high infection rate to the measures mitigating it and the availability of tests. Among these fiercely debated topics, the virus’ origin has prevailed as one of the most contested ones, provoking frustration and assertion

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Das neue linke Nationalgefühl gefährdet die Migrationsgesellschaft

Marco Bitschnau — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:30:21 +0000

Eine besonders wichtige Feststellung zur Migrationspolitik (und -forschung) ist der Umstand, dass sie stets an die Vergegenwärtigung von politischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Entwicklungslinien gebunden ist. Nicht in vacuo, im luftleeren Raum, kann sie begriffen werden, sondern einzig vor dem Hintergrund gesellschaftlicher Konfliktlagen und kollidierender Interessen, die in modernen Industriestaaten zumeist

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Debatte zum UN-Migrationspakt: Versuch einer Nachlese

Marco Bitschnau — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:40:19 +0000

Kaum ein migrationspolitisches Thema hat die Öffentlichkeit in letzter Zeit so sehr erregt, wie der kürzlich in New York verabschiedete Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). Doch während alle Welt über den (wenig überraschenden) Inhalt des Paktes diskutiert, kommen kritische Anmerkungen zu den Konturen eben dieser Diskussion,

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