Governing poverty and migration in European nation-states – keywords revisited

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ID11432498
AuthorsL M Borrelli (0000-0001-8547-320X, HES-SO, Switzerland, corresponding author), Christin Achermann (0000-0001-7223-9633, University of Neuchâtel), DORIS NIRAGIRE NIRERE (University of Neuchâtel), Luca Pfirter (0000-0002-8505-503X, University of Neuchâtel)
Year2024
Volume44
Issue4
Pages573-587
Publication date2024-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-0183 • E-ISSN: 1461-703X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02610183241273582
OpenAlexW4403541181
LanguageEN
References cited53

This article introduces a collaborative publication exploring the intricate interplay between poverty governance, migration control, and welfare provision. Adopting a ‘keywords’ approach, we investigate the terminology and concepts around which academic discussions revolve when addressing poverty and migration. Central to this examination is the figure of the ‘poor migrant’, whose experiences of inclusion and exclusion intersect along lines of race, gender, and legal status. Using an intersectional lens, the publication dissects key terms and concepts : Welfare State, Welfare Governance, Citizenship, Solidarity and Deservingness, Suspicion and Surveillance, Discipline, and Banishment. We thus aim to conceptualise and critically discuss the constant renegotiation of state power and the nation-state induced in ex/inclusionary aspects of welfare and migration policies and law. The contribution reveals how notions of belonging shape access to rights and services, particularly along racialized and classist lines. Moreover, it explores how migration policies exacerbate scrutiny and exclusion faced by non-citizen populations within contemporary welfare systems

Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Irregular migration · Political economy · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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