Permitted Outsiders: Good Citizenship and the Conditional Inclusion of Migrant and Immigrant Minorities

National majorities and their governments often demand that immigrants and other minorities must be "good" in order to be included and recognized. This book explores how these dynamics of conditional inclusion and "good" citizenship play out today, with a focus on migrant and immigrant-origin minorities in Europe and the Americas. It shows that conditional inclusion is a globally widespread tool for controlling and rank-ordering minorities, and that immigrants respond through diverse struggles for inclusion and recognition.

Format: Hardback
Length: 212 pages
Publication date: 10 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

National majorities and their governments frequently impose stringent expectations on immigrants and other minority groups, demanding that they must exhibit "good" behavior. These labels, ranging from "good immigrants" to "good Muslims" and "model minorities," suggest that their inclusion and recognition are contingent upon meeting predetermined standards of conduct and identity set by the national majority. The affected minorities respond in various ways, sometimes striving to be deemed "good" and other times openly rejecting these regimes of conditional inclusion and citizenship. This groundbreaking book delves into the intricate dynamics of conditional inclusion and "good" citizenship, particularly focusing on migrant and immigrant-origin minorities in Europe and the Americas. It reveals that conditional inclusion is a widely employed tool globally to control and rank-order minorities. As immigrants navigate through diverse struggles for inclusion and recognition, these struggles expose a concealed battleground of citizenship, where minorities engage in negotiations to determine who can be included and accepted within a particular state or society. Their experiences underscore that conditionality is not an exceptional aspect of citizenship but rather a fundamental principle inherent to it. This book originally appeared as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Weight: 570g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032378879