Borders, Migration and Class in an Age of Crisis: Producing Workers and Immigrants

by Tom Vickers

This book responds to global tendencies toward increasingly restrictive border controls and populist movements targeting migrants for violence and exclusion. Informed by Marxist theory, it challenges standard narratives about immigration and problematises commonplace distinctions between ‘migrants’ and ‘workers’. Using Britain as a case study, the book examines how these categories have been constructed and mobilised within representations of a ‘migrant crisis’ and a ‘welfare crisis’ to facilitate capitalist exploitation. It uses ideas from grassroots activism to propose alternative understandings of the relationship between borders, migration and class that provide a basis for solidarity.

208 pages, Hardcover

Published August 3, 2019

Reviews

[Mi arma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed it very much. It is a mixture of his own theoretical input and helping his arguments through different case studies of analysis of Britain and their take on (im)migration.
I recommend the book to anyone interested in Migration studies, it is about 200 pages and very much readable over a weekend.