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Violence of Britishness, The: Racism, Borders and the Conditions of Citizenship

Paperback by Ali, Nadya

Violence of Britishness, The: Racism, Borders and the Conditions of Citizenship

£17.99

ISBN:
9780745341705
Publication Date:
20 May 2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pluto Press
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 7 - 8 Aug 2026
Violence of Britishness, The: Racism, Borders and the Conditions of Citizenship

Description

In post-Brexit Britain wracked by multiple crises, the entitlements of citizenship grow increasingly precarious. 'Britishness' is a way of understanding the nation shaped by white nationalism that acts as a powerful tool of racial bordering, separating the deserving from the undeserving. In The Violence of Britishness, Nadya Ali examines the impact of counter-terrorism and immigration policy on Muslims and other racially minoritised groups. Dissecting the Prevent strategy, she shows how Muslims have been compelled to reform their conduct and their faith in order to prove their 'Britishness', or risk being labelled an 'extremist' and made vulnerable to further state violence. Situating this within broader changes such as the hostile environment, austerity, and the cost of living crisis, who gets what is increasingly decided through who counts as sufficiently 'British'.

Contents

Introduction: Undeserving citizens 1. The invitation 2. Domesticating Muslims 3. Conditional citizenship 4. The hostile environment 5. Hierarchies of citizenship in white Britain Concluding thoughts: The diminishing wages of whiteness

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