1st Edition

Austere Histories in European Societies Social Exclusion and the Contest of Colonial Memories

Edited By Stefan Jonsson, Julia Willén Copyright 2017
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

In recent years European states have turned toward more austere political regimes, entailing budget cuts, deregulation of labour markets, restrictions of welfare systems, securitization of borders and new regimes of migration and citizenship. In the wake of such changes, new forms of social inclusion and exclusion appear that are justified through a reactivation of differences of race, class and... Read more

1. Introducing Austere Histories – Stefan Jonsson and Julia Willén  Part I: Cases  2. ‘Our Island Story’: The Dangerous Politics of Belonging in Austere Times – Gurminder K. Bhambra  3. The Politics of Colonial Remembrance in France (1980-2012) – Nicolas Bancel and Pascal Blanchard  4. The Selective Forgetting and Remodeling of the Past: Postcolonial Legacies in the Netherlands – Esther Captain  5. From Austerity to Postcolonial Nostalgia: Crisis and National Identity in Portugal and Denmark –Elsa Peralta and Lars Jensen  6. Austere Curricula: Multicultural Education and Black Students – Robbie Shilliam  Part II: Conjunctures  7. Exclusion through Citizenship and the Geopolitics of Austerity – Manuela Boatcă  8. Refugee Keynesianism? EU Migration Crises in Times of Fiscal Austerity – Peo Hansen  9. Restrained Equality: A Sexualized and Gendered Colour Line – Nacira Guénif-Souilamas  10. Writing History for an Uncertain Future: Concluding Remarks – Julia Willén and Stefan Jonsson

Biography

Stefan Jonsson is Professor of Ethnic studies at Linköping University, Sweden.

Julia Willén is a doctoral candidate at Linköping University, Sweden.