Regulating Refugee Protection Through Social Welfare: Law, Policy and Praxis

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Synopsis
This book analyses the use and abuse of social welfare as a means of border control for asylum seekers and refugees in Australia. Offering an unparalleled critique of the regulation and deterrence of protection seekers via the denial or depletion of social welfare supports, the book includes contributions from legal scholars, social scientists, behavioural scientists, and philosophers, in tandem with the critical insights and knowledge supplied by refugees. It is organised in three parts, each framed by a commentary that serves as an introduction, as well as offering pertinent comparative perspectives from Europe. Part One comprises three chapters: a rights-based analysis of Australia’s ‘hostile environment’ for protection seekers; a searing critique of welfare policing of asylum seekers as ‘necropolitics’; and a unique philosophical perspective that grounds scrutiny of Australia’s policing of asylum seekers. Part Two contains five chapters that uncover and explore the lived experiences and adverse impacts of different social welfare restrictions for refugee protection seekers. Finally, the chapters in Part Three offer distinct views on human rights advocacy movements and methods, and the scope for resistance and change to the status quo. This book will appeal to an international, as well as an Australian, readership with interests in the areas of human rights, immigration and refugee law, social welfare law/policy, social work, and public health.
Copyright:
2023

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
268 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000603675
Related ISBNs:
9781032288062, 9781003298595, 9780367480417
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Peter Billings
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Australiana, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Peter Billings

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