Overview
- Analyses three institutional camps characterised by different types of persistent temporariness
- Offers an original theoretical perspective, drawing on theories in political sociology and bridging neo-institutionalism and social movements theory with camp studies
- Uses in-depth interviews and policy document analysis
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)
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This book interrogates the persistence of Roma and migrant segregation in camps in order to understand how the creation of temporary enclosures can lead to enduring marginalisation. Persistent temporariness has been widely acknowledged as a common aspect of these camps, yet it remains largely under-theorised. Gaja Maestri unpacks the notion of camp persistence to delineate its different regimes and to investigate contributing factors. In order to do so, she develops a comparison between Italy and France and offers a new theorisation of the camp as a site of contentious politics, where the interaction between governmental and non-governmental actors produces different temporal arrangements and forms of segregation.
Temporary Camps, Enduring Segregation will be of interest to scholars of political sociology, European comparative politics, and urban geography, specifically to those in the field of camp studies, racial segregation, Romani studies, and urban social movements.
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Reviews
“Technologies of control and discipline for ‘unwanted’ populations, camps have become a familiar presence in contemporary cities. This fascinating book offers a theoretically insightful and empirically rich exploration of how camps work and what function they play.” (Nando Sigona, Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham, UK)
"In this theoretically challenging and empirically well researched volume, the protracted temporariness of camps is explained by looking at the contentious politics between state and non-state actors." (Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Gaja Maestri is Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Media, Communication and Sociology, University of Leicester, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Temporary Camps, Enduring Segregation
Book Subtitle: The Contentious Politics of Roma and Migrant Housing
Authors: Gaja Maestri
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03736-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03735-2Published: 22 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03736-9Published: 11 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-6016
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 266
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Sociology, Migration, Social Structure, Social Inequality