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Berghahn Books Inclusionary Rhetoric Exclusionary Practices Left-wing Politics and Migrants in Italy 2007 Edition by Davide Pero
Migration and multiculturalism are hotly discussed in public debates across Europe. Whereas ethnographic research has begun to examine the Right in this context, the Left remains largely unexplored. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Bologna - the show-case city of the Italian Left - this book provides fresh perspectives on how the contemporary Left "frames" these issues in practice and how such framing has changed in recent decades. By focusing on the official rhetoric grassroots discourses, policy and civil societal practices of the Left as well as on the immigrants' own views, this book timely offers a comprehensive, vivid, and critical account of changing ideas about ethnicity, class, identity and difference in "progressive" politics and of the implications that such ideas have for the incorporation of migrants in Europe. Table of contents :- List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Introduction: The Left and the Challenge of the 'New Immigrations'Chapter 2. The Case Studied: Historical and Geographical BackgroundChapter 3. The Left and Immigrants in the Socialist EraChapter 4. Official Rhetoric, Immigrants' Views and Grassroots DiscoursesChapter 5. Housing PoliciesChapter 6. Political ParticipationChapter 7. Civil SocietyChapter 8. Inclusionary Rhetoric/Exclusionary Practices: an illustrative ethnographic storyChapter 9. Conclusions: Multiculturalism and the Retreat from ClassBibliographyIndex