Tag Archives: Italy

Anti-Gypsyism and the politics of exclusion in Italy

The special issue of the Journal of Modern Italian Studies on contemporary anti-Gypsyism in Italy I have co-edited with Dr Isabella Clough Marinaro is now out! The collection includes work by Sabrina Tosi Cambini, Marco Solimene, Giovanni Picker, Ulderico Daniele, … Continue reading

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On ‘illegality’ as normal and transient

Over the weekend I attended an interesting workshop on immigration and citizenship policies in Italy and Japan at St.Antony’s College in Oxford. Prof Maurizio Ambrosini (Sociology, University of Milan) gave an interesting talk on the ambiguities embedded in Italy’s immigration … Continue reading

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France, Italy and the renationalisation of EU borders

The political support behind the EU project is slowly but steadily fading away. The recent bilateral summit between the president of France and Italy’s prime minister while the latest of a series of signs of this trend, is also particularly … Continue reading

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European governance and the Roma

At the upcoming 2011 annual world convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities in NYC, I’ll be presenting a paper entitled ‘Securitizing the governance of the Roma in Italy’ . The paper is part of a panel on … Continue reading

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