Title Constructions of migrant integration in British public discourse : becoming British / Sam Bennett

Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (x, 227 pages) : illustrations Series Bloomsbury advances in critical discourse studies Bloomsbury advances in critical discourse studies. Contents To be or not to be (British): discourse, integration and the public sphere -- Discourse, race and migration -- (En)acting integration -- Historical and socio-political contexts -- Analysis of government policy texts -- Analysis of media texts -- Analysis of focus groups -- Discussion and conclusion: the discursive construction of integration in the public sphere Summary "This is a study into how the public discourse on migrant integration in the UK changed from 2000-2010. The book shows that the discursive construction of integration in the British public sphere shifted from one of cultural pluralism to one of neo-assimilation, informed by a wider spread of neo-liberalism that necessitates self-sufficiency and discourages state assistance. Situated within the Critical Discourse Studies tradition, the book employs a Discourse Historical approach to the data and includes innovative analysis combining 'top-down' (policy documents and media texts) and 'bottom-up' (focus groups with migrants and new citizens) sites of discourse production. In doing so, it provides a broad and detailed perspective of public discourse on integration in the UK. The book shows that understandings of 'integration' are diachronically and synchronically fluid and as such, the term plays an important role as a 'consensus concept' that different actors can support whilst construing it in different ways. Analysis of the data further reveals that integration is interdiscursively linked to other social fields, such as the economy, terrorism and public spending. The book also argues that integration policy has become directed not just at new migrants, but also long-term British citizens and that this has the potential to have considerable impact on community cohesion"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 15, 2022) Subject Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Great Britain Semantics, discourse analysis, etc. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation Emigration and immigration -- Public opinion Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Citizenship Emigration and immigration Naturalization Communication in politics. Critical discourse analysis. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Public opinion Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Subject Great Britain Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. Form Electronic book LC no. 2018032770 ISBN 9781350029217 1350029211 9781350029224 135002922X 9781350029231 1350029238

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