Systems of suffering dispersal and the denial of asylum / Jonathan Darling.
| Author/creator | Darling, Jonathan |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Pluto Press, 2022. |
| Description | xi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | Of the many state-enacted cruelties to which refugees and asylum seekers are subjected, detention and deportation loom largest in popular consciousness. But there is a third practice, perpetrating a slower violence, that remains hidden: dispersal. Jonathan Darling provides the first detailed account of how dispersal - the system of accommodation and support for asylum seekers and refugees in Britain - both sustains and produces patterns of violence, suffering and social abjection. He explores the evolution of dispersal as a privatized process, from the first outsourced asylum accommodation contracts in 2012 to the renewed wave of outsourcing pursued by the Home Office today. Drawing on six years of research into Britain's dispersal system, and foregrounding the voices and experiences of refugees and asylum seekers, Darling argues that dispersal has played a central role in the erasure of asylum from public concern. Systems of Suffering is a vital tool in the arsenal of those fighting to hold the government to account for the violence of its asylum policy and practice. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781786807212 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021276899 |
| ISBN | 9780745340470 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0745340474 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780745340487 paperback |
| ISBN | 0745340482 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |