This book is about the institutional disrespect experienced by refugee immigrants at the hands of the state and its institutions. The desire to be treated respectfully is not felt only by refugees, but they are a much higher risk of not receiving it. Using a case study of recently settled South Sudanese Australians, the author uncovers the social realities of their marginalisation and examines how blocked pathways to cultivate collective and self-identities can lead to a breakdown of social bonds between immigrants and social institutions. Institutional Disrespect invites us to take a fresh look at whose responsibility it is to address the disrespect felt by immigrants and other marginalised groups, and argues that when disrespect is systemic in governance arrangements, or comes in the forms of injustice and institutional mistreatment, the responsibility lies not with individuals but with the state, its institutions and its appointed bureaucrats.

Autorentext

Ibolya Losoncz is a research fellow at the School of Regulation and Global Governance, at the Australian National University, Australia. She has been researching and writing about the integration of South Sudanese and other resettled refugees in Australia for the past ten years.

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 From South Sudan to Australia.- Chapter 3 Methodology.- Chapter 4 Conceptualising respect and institutional disrespect in the refugee migration context.- Chapter 5 Goals without means the economic exclusion of refugee migrants.- Chapter 6 'They are destroying us' family conflict and institutional intervention.- Chapter 7 Disrespect at the hands of the government.- Chapter 8 Responses to institutional disrespect.- Chapter 9 Conclusion.