Racialization in progress. The case of the migrants’ informal settlements in the agricultural districts of the Italian Mezzogiorno

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE
Author/s Jacopo Anderlini, Enrico Fravega
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/131
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 42-58 File size 280 KB
DOI 10.3280/SUR2023-131003
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In the context of a process of globalization of agricultural supply chains, informal migrant settlements represent both the symbol of a condition of an extreme housing poverty and a fun-damental place for the social reproduction of the labor force. At the same time, this form of housing turns out to be a fundamental device for the organization and the distribution of mi-grant daily labourers and outlines, even in Italy the rising of forms of racialization of the terri-tory.

Keywords: migration, informal settlements, racialization, labour, agriculture, housing

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Jacopo Anderlini, Enrico Fravega, Razzializzazione in corso. Il caso degli insediamenti informali dei migranti nei distretti agricoli del Mezzogiorno in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 131/2023, pp 42-58, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2023-131003