“I don't know how you can say 'No' to them, really": 'Citizen' Students Negotiation of Social Morality of Asylum

Mano Candappa, Madeleine Arnot, Halleli Pinson

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Abstract

The chapter is located paradigmatically within the new sociology of childhood, and explores the moral dilemma of how young people respond to the stranger in need at the door in the context of hostile state policy and aggressive media representations of people seeking asylum. We use the concept of moral agency to consider what ‘citizen’ students in selected inclusive schools revealed in relation to the politically and morally charged issue of asylum, especially when they considered the implications of asylum for the country more widely. The chapter draws on research conducted by Arnot and Candappa 'Schooling, Security and Belonging', which focused on three secondary schools in England with contrasting demographics, known to their LEAs for inclusive practice. In each school semi-structured individual and group interviews were conducted with a sample of asylum-seeking/refugee and 'citizen' students, a total of 45 students over the three schools; as well as individual semi-structured with the Head and 4-5 teaching and support staff in each school.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationChanging Landscapes for Childhood and Youth in Europe
EditorsVassiliki Deliyianni-Kouimtzis
PublisherCambridge Scholars Publishing
Chapter10
Pages208-231
Number of pages23
ISBN (Electronic)9781443860635
ISBN (Print)9781443858984
StatePublished - Jun 2014

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