[Commlist] New book: Robots and Immigrants

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/

//

/"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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