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[Commlist] New book: Robots and Immigrants

Wed Mar 27 11:45:30 GMT 2024




Kostas Maronitis would like to draw your attention to the paperback publication of the latest book titled *Robots and Immigrants (Bristol University Press).*

Focusing on the competitive labour market, this book scrutinises the narratives created around immigration and automation. The authors explore how the advances in AI and demands for constant flow of immigrant workers eradicate political and working rights, fuelling fears over job theft and ownership.

Shedding light on the multiple ways in which employment is used as an instrument of neoliberal governance, this revealing book sparks new debate on the role of automation and migration policies. It is an invaluable resource for academics and practitioners working in the areas of immigration and labour, capitalism and social exclusion, and economic models and political governance.

/“Theoretically outstanding and empirically informed, Maronitis and Pencheva present us with a magisterial account of the societal and moral concerns of restrictive immigration regimes, with rapid rescaling of work conducted by robots, AI and algorithms. While immigrants labour in dirty, dangerous and demeaning conditions, automation solutions alleviate – though also replace – (the need for) migrant workers.” Roxana Barbulescu, University of Leeds/

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/"The story told in Robots and Immigrants is not just of how in Brexit Britain key themes have coalesced to define political discourses and policies, but how new technologies and strangers continue to animate excitement and fear. Tapping into core sociological problems, the book updates their tenets through a detailed, contextually attentive examination of the passions and the interests still animating modern societies.” Gregory Schwartz, University of Bristol/

The book is available from the Bristol University Press website Bristol University Press | Robots and Immigrants - Who Is Stealing Jobs?, By Kostas Maronitis and Denny Pencheva <https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/robots-and-immigrants> and all digital bookshops.


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