Böcker av Gabriella Lazaridis

Explores the limits and possibilities of economic change in transforming the lives of women in rural Greece at a time of great economic and political change. This title is based on research conducted in two communities of Western Crete: Nohia and Platanos. It draws on statistical and demographic data from Greek government and state archives.

This book aims to decipher the complex web of structural, institutional and cultural contradictions which shape the inclusion-exclusion dialectic and the multifaceted grid within which the 'us' becomes the 'other' and the 'other' becomes the 'us'. It looks at how international migrants in Europe transform from legal subjects into legal abjects.

Having often been framed in terms of security concerns, migration issues have simultaneously given rise to issues of insecurity. This title explores the concerns of states with regard to migration and the need to protect the fundamental rights of migrants.