‘How do you think I feel? It’s my country’: Belonging, entitlement and the politics of immigration

Skey, Michael (2014) ‘How do you think I feel? It’s my country’: Belonging, entitlement and the politics of immigration. Political Quarterly, 85 (3). pp. 326-332.

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Abstract

Current debates around immigration are informed by hierarchies of belonging with some groups seen to belong more, and therefore deserve more, than others. This link between belonging and entitlement has been predominantly analysed in relation to struggles over access to key material benefits, such as jobs, housing, healthcare and so on. This paper will argue that these struggles also point to the continuing relevance of nationhood to many people’s sense of self, community and place and the value that comes from being positioned, and recognised, as part of a group that lies at the heart of national life and culture. In other words, the ‘politics of immigration’ is about the anxieties and concerns of those who no longer feel ‘at home’ in what they consider to be ‘their’ country.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ukip,uk,politics,immigration,ethnicity ,social sciences(all),sdg 10 - reduced inequalities ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2014 15:28
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 00:19
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/51037
DOI:	10.1111/1467-923X.12094

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