Mulvey, G. and Davidson, N. (2019) Between the crises: migration politics and the three periods of neoliberalism. Capital and Class, 43(2), pp. 271-292. (doi: 10.1177/0309816818780652)
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Abstract
Between the two UK referendums on European Community/European Union membership, the issue of migration came to dominate the entire debate. The period between 1975 and 2016 corresponds almost exactly to the neoliberal era in capitalism, in its British manifestation, and this is not coincidental. This article traces the shifting periods of neoliberalism (‘vanguard’, ‘social’ and ‘crisis’) across these 40 years, focusing in each case on how the policies associated with them specifically impacted migration into the United Kingdom. In particular, it will argue that the current migration crisis is at least partly an aspect of the wider crisis of neoliberalism as a form of capitalist organisation. It concludes that current levels of anti-migrant sentiment are a displaced expression of hostility to the social effects of neoliberalism, and which may nevertheless cause difficulties for British capital through the imposition of anti-free movement policies to which it is opposed.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Mulvey, Dr Gareth and Davidson, Mr Neil |
Authors: | Mulvey, G., and Davidson, N. |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences |
Journal Name: | Capital and Class |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
ISSN: | 0309-8168 |
ISSN (Online): | 2041-0980 |
Published Online: | 22 June 2018 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Capital and Class 43(2): 271-292 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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