Abstract
Review, Bennett, S. (2018) Constructions of Migrant Integration in British Public Discourse.
Highlights
The title of the introductory chapter, ‘To be or not to be (British)’, of the book Constructions of Migrant Integration in British Public Discourse neatly captures the complexities of what it means to belong in Britain in this age of migration
Philosophical questions relating to the nature of the Other — the non-citizen — are tacked alongside the potential that UK society has for facilitating the ‘successful integration’ of incoming nationals, which Bennett believes to be ‘hamstrung’ from the start (p. 1)
These dilemmas are explored through an innovative framework grounded largely in the Discourse Historical Approach (DHA) in Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) and the use of corpus tools and methods
Summary
Constructions of migrant integration in British public discourse. Connected to this are research problems three and four: how the discourse of integration positions incoming non-nationals/new citizens given the specific power relations and social inequality of the UK and how, within the British public sphere, there is little questioning of what integration includes.
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