PEC Seminar: Governing the Displaced - Dr Ali Bhagat
| Dates: | 12 June 2024 |
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| Times: | 15:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| Who is it for: | University staff |
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| Speaker: | Dr Ali Bhagat |
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On Wednesday 12th June at 3pm in Sam Alex A104, Dr Ali Bhagat will be presenting on his new book, Governing the Displaced: Race and Ambivalence in Global Capitalism.
Book summary: ‘My book aims to answer a relatively straightforward question: how are refugees governed under capitalism in this heightened moment of global displacement? To answer this question, I take a dual case study approach by exploring three dimensions of refugee survival: shelter, work, and political belonging in Paris and Nairobi. In doing this, my book attempts to make sense of a global refugee regime that treats refugees as passive recipients of aid amidst widespread xenophobia and anti-migrant sentiment in the European Union and East Africa. As such, I aim to understand the interrelated and overlapping features of refugee governance in seemingly disparate places. This book engages with theories of racial capitalism, social reproduction, and labour politics in relation to welfare retrenchment, right-wing populism, and everyday forms of exclusion.’
Speaker
Dr Ali Bhagat
Organisation: Simon Fraser University
Travel and Contact Information
Find event
A104
Samuel Alexander Building
Manchester
