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TRIMIKLINIOTIS, NICOS (2) answer(s).
 
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Globalisation and migrant labour in a rainbow nation: a fortress South Africa / Trimikliniotis, Nicos; Gordon, Steven; Zondo, Brian   Journal Article
Trimikliniotis, Nicos Journal Article
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Publication 2008.
Summary/Abstract This paper focuses on the processes of localised and globalised racialisation of migrant workers in South Africa, which have allowed it to treat the question of free movement, migration and integration more or less in the image of Europe. The 'rainbow nation' seems to be racialising and excluding the 'xenos' based on the apartheid legacy's treatment of migrant black labour. Moreover, the myth of the 'weak state' serves to cover up the power of capital, which is benefiting from the drive to informalisation and the irregular/undeclared work of undocumented workers. Trade unions have failed to organise migrant workers, initially reacting defensively, but now increasingly recognising that migrant workers must be incorporated in the movement and their rights defended for the benefit of all workers. If trade unions look at the European and US experience they will find similar dilemmas but also strategies for incorporation in the unions. Finally the paper looks at future challenges beyond racialisation and xenophobia.
Key Words Migration  ;  South Africa  ;  Migrant Workers  ;  Rainbow Nation 
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Incorporating a class analysis within the national question: rethinking ethnicity, class, and nationalism in Cyprus / Bozkurt, Umut; Trimikliniotis, Nicos   Journal Article
Trimikliniotis, Nicos Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract This article has two main aims. First, it aims to challenge the widespread narrative in Cyprus studies that presents ethnic identities as historically inevitable and natural. Rather, identities need to be conceptualized as socially constructed. The second aim of this article is to problematize the argument that ethnic or national groups are homogenous actors. It underlines the need to deconstruct these supposedly unitary actors by making use of a class-based conceptualization of the state. By using such a conceptualization, the article will focus on the period between 1878 and 1974. It will start with a concrete analysis of the class structure in the Cypriot society and then will trace how different classes in both communities positioned themselves vis-à-vis political structures of power and how these positionings paved the way to the division of the island.
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