Immigration and Insecurity in France

Description

"This book closely examines the debate over immigration in contemporary France, looking not only at the development of immigration and nationality policies, but also at the changing discourse on the integration of immigrants. It analyses the continuing racialisation of discourse on immigration and anti-Islamic sentiment arising from the 'Islamic headscarf affair'. The work addresses issues such as the gendered nature of immigration and pays particular attention to the experiences of women immigrants in France. This analysis is then placed within the context of developments in the EU towards creating a unified immigration and asylum policy."--Jacket.

First Sentence

In 1983, following the French municipal elections which had been marked by the electoral breakthrough of the extreme-Right Front National, Etienne Balibar remarked that, 'to present those whose existence encompasses the maximum amount of insecurity, immigrant workers, as constituting the principal source of insecurity for France, is a paradox, if not provocation' (Balibar, 1992: 35).

Subjects

Series Statement

• Critical Security Series

Other Editions

• Immigration and Insecurity in FranceHardcoverAshgate Publishing2004-09-30
• Immigration and Insecurity in FranceTaylor & Francis Group2017-01-01
• Immigration and Insecurity in FranceTaylor & Francis Group2017-01-01
• Immigration and Insecurity in FranceTaylor & Francis Group2017-01-01
• Immigration and Insecurity in FranceTaylor & Francis Group2017-01-01
• Immigration and Insecurity in FranceTaylor & Francis Group2017-01-01