Belonging is a notion both vaguely defined and ill‐theorized. Scholars in various social
disciplines often take this notion for granted, as if its meaning is somewhat self‐explanatory …

This book analyses and compares responses by European countries to international
migration in its various forms and examines collective responses at European Union (EU) …

Politics involve exercise of power and different hegemonic political projects of belonging
represent different symbolic power orders. 1 In recent years, the sociological understanding …

This brilliant new book by one of Europe's leading social thinkers throws light on the global
power games being played out between global business, nation states and movements …

To what extent has the process of European integration re-drawn the boundaries of national
welfare states? What are the effects of such re-drawing? Boundaries count: they are …

In the last decade, critical approaches have substantially reshaped the theoretical
landscape of security studies in Europe. Yet, despite an impressive body of literature, there …

How can the phenomenon of new migrant enterprise be explained? The arrival of new
migrants to the UK in significant numbers is prompting a new wave of business activity. This …

Recent studies report significant cross-national variation in the conceptual distinctions or
“symbolic boundaries” used by majority groups to construct notions of “us” and “them.” …

This book looks at the discursive construction of European identities in a variety of
institutional and non-institutional contexts and through a variety of social and political actors …

While social and security policies have always overlapped in complex ways, recent
developments in counter-terrorism policy suggest that Western European states, and the …