Book contents
- European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- Part I Making the ‘Other’ – The Construction of ‘Otherness’
- 2 The Immigrant As the ‘Other’
- 3 ‘Othering’ in Unconcerned Democracies and the Rise of Anti-liberal Political Divisions
- 4 The Crimmigrant ‘Other’ at Europe’s Intra-Schengen Borders
- 5 The ‘Others’ amongst ‘Them’ – Selection Categories in European Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Programmes
- Part II The Operation of Legal ‘Othering’ and the National–Foreigner Dichotomy in the EU
- Part III After the Arrival of the ‘Others’ – Reactions to the ‘Refugee Crisis’ of 2015
- Part IV ‘Othering’ in the EU
- Part V European Societies, ‘Otherness’, Migration, and the Law
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Immigrant As the ‘Other’
from Part I - Making the ‘Other’ – The Construction of ‘Otherness’
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 November 2020
- European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- Part I Making the ‘Other’ – The Construction of ‘Otherness’
- 2 The Immigrant As the ‘Other’
- 3 ‘Othering’ in Unconcerned Democracies and the Rise of Anti-liberal Political Divisions
- 4 The Crimmigrant ‘Other’ at Europe’s Intra-Schengen Borders
- 5 The ‘Others’ amongst ‘Them’ – Selection Categories in European Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Programmes
- Part II The Operation of Legal ‘Othering’ and the National–Foreigner Dichotomy in the EU
- Part III After the Arrival of the ‘Others’ – Reactions to the ‘Refugee Crisis’ of 2015
- Part IV ‘Othering’ in the EU
- Part V European Societies, ‘Otherness’, Migration, and the Law
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter introduces the mechanisms of deliberate or coincidental 'othering' of immigrants through law and the application of law. It starts by introducing what 'othering' means and then transplants the findings into the context of legislation and law. The chapter emphasizes the systemic 'otherness' of immigrants in a legal system defined by the nation state. Citizens are per definition in the in-group, whereas foreigners are per definition in the out-group. The chapter also addresses how the differentiation between foreigner and citizen is more complicated in the EU with its EU citizenship and free-movement rights. The chapter addresses the role of law as an amplifier of 'otherness' or as a tool for the inclusion of immigrants.
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- European Societies, Migration, and the LawThe ‘Others' amongst ‘Us', pp. 19 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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