The Universities of Edinburgh and Sheffield are convening a series of workshops on "Migration Policy and Narratives of Societal Steering", funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council.
The seminar series seeks to map 'narratives of societal steering' in migration policy: the norms and beliefs espoused by policy-makers about the societal impacts of their policy interventions. The seminars bring together policy-makers, practitioners and researchers to analyse and interpret different narratives of societal steering in three areas: migration control, immigrant integration, and relations with countries of origin/transit. Of particular interest is how policy makers absorb and apply knowledge produced at different sites (in the administration,
research, voluntary sector or media) to develop narratives about the impacts of their policies on processes of migration control and socio-cultural integration.
The second workshop will be held on Friday 14th March 2008 at Sheffield University. The theme will be 'Narratives of societal steering to promote integration and inclusion'. It will explore beliefs about how state interventions influence acculturation and the internalisation of host society norms on the part of immigrants and ethnic minority groups.
It will focus on recent UK and European policies to make naturalization conditional on language or citizenship tests; as well as policies to prevent radicalization within the Muslim community. The seminar will explore discourse on socio-cultural integration within the media and policy communities in the UK, comparing these to discourses in Germany, France, Sweden, and at EU level. Of especial interest is how far states have adopted populist narratives about societal interventions, in order
to respond to public anxieties about identity and security.
We invite proposals for papers on the following themes:
* Policy paradigms, conceptualisations, or discourse in the UK and Europe regarding the impact of legislation and programmes on integration and inclusion
* Patterns of knowledge utilisation within the Home Office/other departments dealing with integration and inclusion
* Media, think tank, academic or NGO constructions of the impact of policy on integration and inclusion
* Comparisons between narratives in the UK and in other countries (especially in the EU and North America)
Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words to Andrew Geddes (A.Geddes@sheffield. ac.uk). The deadline for proposals is Friday 8th February.
Travel and accommodation costs for paper givers will be covered by the organisers. Some funding is also available to support the participation of PhD students.
For more information on the Seminar Series, see:
http://www.pol. ed.ac.uk/ migration/ events/esrc_ seminars
With best regards,
Andrew Geddes
University of Sheffield
http://www.shef. ac.uk/politics/ staff/andrewgedd es.html
and
Christina Boswell
University of Edinburgh
http://www.sps. ed.ac.uk/ staff/politics/ boswell_christin a
Murad Ismayilov
Instructor
School of International Relations
Department of International Relations
& International Law
Baku State University
Tel: (+99412) 4484825
Mob: (+99450) 3273393
E-mail: imurad_az@yahoo. com
imuradaz@gmail. com
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