BUREAUCRACY, LAW AND DYSTOPIA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM'S ASYLUM SYSTEM by John R. Campbell ( 9781138214958 )

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BUREAUCRACY, LAW AND DYSTOPIA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM'S ASYLUM SYSTEM

By:

John R. Campbell

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1138214957

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

9 December, 2016

Series:

Law and Migration

Pages:

220

Synopsis:

The central concern of this book is to find answers to fundamental questions about the British asylum system and how it operates. Based on ethnographic research over a two-year period, the work follows and analyses numerous asylum appeals through the British courts. It draws on myriad interviews with individuals and a thorough examination of many state and non-state organizations to understand how the system works. While the organization of the book reflects the formal asylum process, a focus on specific legal appeals reveals the 'political' factors at play as different institutions and actors seek to influence judicial decision-making and overturn/uphold official asylum policy. The final chapter draws on the author's ethnographic findings of the UK's 'asylum field' to re-examine research on the Refugee Determination System in the US, Canada and Australia which has narrowly focused on judicial decision-making. It argues that analysis of Refugee Determination Systems must be situated and studied as part of a wider, political, semi-autonomous 'asylum field' which needs to be better understood.Providing an in-depth ethnographic study of a national asylum system and of immigration law and practice, the book will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and policy-makers in the UK and beyond working in this highly topical area.

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10 black & white tables

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Routledge

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BUREAUCRACY, LAW AND DYSTOPIA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM''S ASYLUM SYSTEM