Hostile homes : violence, harm and the marketisation of UK asylum housing /

Hostile homes : violence, harm and the marketisation of UK asylum housing / Steven A. Hirschler.

This book explores the ways in which the state and private security firms contribute to the direct and structural harm of asylum seekers through policies and practices that result in states of perpetual destitution, exclusion, and neglect. By synthesising historic and contemporary public policy, cri...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Hirschler, Steven A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Series:Critical criminological perspectives.
Subjects:
Noncitizens.
Political refugees > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Political refugees > Government policy > Great Britain.
Noncitizens > Government policy > Great Britain.
Political refugees > Housing > Great Britain.
Political refugees > Government policy.
Political refugees > Social conditions.
Undocumented immigrants.
Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Britains Legacy of Inhospitality and Violence Towards Immigrants
  • 3. From Crimmigration to Governmentality: Theoretical Perspectives on the Management and Marketisation of Immigration Control
  • 4. The Asylum Marketmarket: Deportation, Detention and the Privatisation of Dispersed Accommodation
  • 5. Hostile Environments: Life Within Privatised Dispersed Housing
  • 6. The Role of Third Sector Organisations and Concluding Remarks.

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