Ideologies and Institutions in Urban France The Representation of Immigrants [Hardcover]

This book presents a detailed account of relations between the indigenous French population and immigrant workers and their families of non-French origin.Shows how the various ideological representations of the French immigrants' situation by themselves and by others as problematic play an important role in the formulation and implementation of public policy concerning immigrants.Shows how the various ideological representations of the French immigrants' situation by themselves and by others as problematic play an important role in the formulation and implementation of public policy concerning immigrants.In this book, based on intensive fieldwork in a major French provincial city (Lyon), Grillo shows how an anthropological perspective enhances our understanding of institutional processes and ideological forces in industrial society, presenting a detailed account of relations between the indigenous French population and immigrant workers and their families of non-French origin. The framework of the book is provided by two linked themes. First, the study shows how the situation of immigrants is represented ideologically by various elements of French society, as well as by the immigrants themselves, in different ways as 'problematic'. Dr Grillo examines this ideological dimension initially by contrasting the discourses of the political Right and Left concerning a range of immigrant 'problems', for example in the fields of housing, family life, school, language use and work. He then shows that not only are there significant ideological differences within both Right and Left, but also similarities between them which stem from certain basic cultural preoccupations of French thought.List of tables, figures, and maps; Acknowledgments; Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms; 1. Introduction; 2. Immigrants in France and in Lyon; 3. Two modes of discourse: immigr?s and ?trangers; 4. Urban development and the problems of housing: the 'bachelors'; 5. Housing and the 'probleml3!