COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; MAPS; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION; SPAIN AND ITALY AS NEW COUNTRIES OF IMMIGRATION; TAKING FAILURE SERIOUSLY; THE LIMITS OF LAW; CITIZENSHIP, EXCLUSION, AND COMMUNITY; OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK; CHAPTER TWO LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND THE WAYWARD "LEGS OF LAW"; THE POLITICAL CONTEXTS; EMERGENCE OF THE CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRATION REGIMES; TOUGHENING UP; THE "LEGS OF LAW"; LAW'S "PERVERSE CONSEQUENCES"; CHAPTER THREE "USEFUL INVADERS": THE ECONOMICS OF ALTERITÉ; THE ITALIAN ECONOMIC MIRACLE AND BEYOND
Summary
This provocative book explores immigration law in Spain and Italy, and exposes the tension between the temporary legal status of most immigrants, and the government emphasis on integration. It demonstrates the connections among immigrants' role as cheap labor - carefully inscribed in law - and their social exclusion and racialization
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-249) and index
