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Racism in and for the welfare state / Fabio Perocco, editor.

9783031060717 (electronic bk.)
3031060717 (electronic bk.)
9783031060700
3031060709

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

English

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

10.1007/978-3-031-06071-7 doi

JC479

361.6/5

This book analyses politics, practices, and discourses of welfare racism against immigrants under neoliberalism. As an instrument of selection, exclusion, exploitation, and stigmatisation, welfare racism is a distinguishing feature of anti-immigrant racism which has gained new momentum over the last decades. The strength and persistence of this form of racism are linked to several factors, including the colonial roots of the welfare state, racisms structural position in modern society, the intrinsic limits of social rights in capitalism, and migration policies that are almost always punitive in nature. Rich in documents and historical perspective, this book presents a global analysis of racism within and in the name of the welfare state. It examines discriminatory laws, measures, and practices by state actors and discourses by public figures and organizations, demonstrating the ways these developments are related to the dismantling of the welfare state in the neoliberal era, and to the war on labour and social rights. Integrating perspectives from Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Perocco highlights welfare racism as a global and structured phenomenon producing inequalities and concerning labour as a whole. Fabio Perocco is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Venice, Italy.

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