Book cover for Education, Asylum and the 'non-Citizen' Child: The Politics of Compassion and Belonging by H Pinson, Madeleine Arnot and M Candappa

Education, Asylum and the 'non-Citizen' Child

The Politics of Compassion and Belonging

2010 Released
259 Pages
4-6 Hours
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Palgrave MacMillanISBN 9781349357147
Awarded 2nd Prize, Best Book award, the Society for Education Studies, 2011

Refugees are physically and symbolically 'out of place' - their presence forces governments to address issues of rights and moral obligations. This book contrasts the hostility of immigration policy to 'non-citizen'' children with teachers' exceptional compassion and 'citizen students' ambivalence in defining who can belong.

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