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- 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
3 - ‘Othering’ in Unconcerned Democracies and the Rise of Anti-liberal Political Divisions
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
The chapter focuses on the processes of political differentiation as triggered by the refugee crisis of 2015. It maps them on an empirical level by studying the reactions of major political actors in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, the chapter abstracts a general theory of political differentiation, i.e. political 'othering'. It shows how the degree of differentiation can be approximated to a strong anti-liberal position mirroring the dichotomy between friend and foe. Outcomes of the differentiation processes are confronted with selected principles of modern constitutionalism, i.e. the principles of human dignity and democratic governance, that are endangered by the persistence of an extreme degree of hostile group differentiation.
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- European Societies, Migration, and the LawThe ‘Others' amongst ‘Us', pp. 43 - 61Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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