A Welcoming Nation?
Intersectional Approaches to Migration and Diversity in Wales
9781837722310
Distributed for University of Wales Press
A Welcoming Nation?
Intersectional Approaches to Migration and Diversity in Wales
Intersectional analysis of the issue of migration in Wales.
A Welcoming Nation? addresses current debates around migration in, from, and through Wales. It includes a range of migratory perspectives to better understand the diverse lived experiences of migrants, and the policies, measures, and approaches at work across various scales and sectors in Wales that shape their everyday lives. The volume adopts an intersectional approach to explore these experiences, which is central to understanding the multiple and complex ways in which exclusion and marginalization take place. To this end, the volume is not just a book about migration, but a way in which migratory experiences and statuses can intersect with other factors such as age, gender, race, and sexuality. This volume draws on new and emerging work to understand migration in Wales, including contributors from various career stages and different disciplines.
A Welcoming Nation? addresses current debates around migration in, from, and through Wales. It includes a range of migratory perspectives to better understand the diverse lived experiences of migrants, and the policies, measures, and approaches at work across various scales and sectors in Wales that shape their everyday lives. The volume adopts an intersectional approach to explore these experiences, which is central to understanding the multiple and complex ways in which exclusion and marginalization take place. To this end, the volume is not just a book about migration, but a way in which migratory experiences and statuses can intersect with other factors such as age, gender, race, and sexuality. This volume draws on new and emerging work to understand migration in Wales, including contributors from various career stages and different disciplines.
248 pages | 10 halftones | 5.43 x 8.5
Race, Ethnicity, Wales and the World
History: British and Irish History
Sociology: General Sociology, Race, Ethnic, and Minority Relations

Table of Contents
Series forewordviii
Acknowledgmentsix
List of illustrations, figures and tablesx
List of abbreviationsxi
List of contributorsxii
Chapter One – Rethinking Migration and Diversity in Wales: Towards an Intersectional Approach
Catrin Wyn Edwards, Laura Shobiye and Rhys Dafydd Jones1
Chapter Two – International Migration and the Welsh Language: Exploring an Interdisciplinary Framework for Linguistic Integration
Gwennan Higham36
Chapter Three – Speak to Me: A Creative and Participatory Approach to Language Education for Inclusion
Barrie Llewelyn and Mike Chick 68
Chapter Four – From City to Nation of Sanctuary? Moving Scalar Imaginaries of Citizenship and National Identity in Wales
Franz Bernhardt, Catrin Wyn Edwards and Rhys Dafydd Jones93
Chapter Five – Creating a Welcoming Nation in a Hostile Environment: LGBTQ+ Precarious Experiences
Ourania Vamvaka-Tatsi125
Chapter Six – Mothers’ Narratives of Transitions and Resilience Through Social Learning
Laura Shobiye167
Chapter Seven – EU Migrants in Wales: Still Welcome?
Stephen Drinkwater, Taulant Guma, Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins and Rhys
Dafydd Jones201
Chapter Eight – Ageing and Migration into Rural Wales: A Counter-Narrative to the Rhetoric of Burden and Dependency
Jesse Heley and Rachel Rahman232
Acknowledgmentsix
List of illustrations, figures and tablesx
List of abbreviationsxi
List of contributorsxii
Chapter One – Rethinking Migration and Diversity in Wales: Towards an Intersectional Approach
Catrin Wyn Edwards, Laura Shobiye and Rhys Dafydd Jones1
Chapter Two – International Migration and the Welsh Language: Exploring an Interdisciplinary Framework for Linguistic Integration
Gwennan Higham36
Chapter Three – Speak to Me: A Creative and Participatory Approach to Language Education for Inclusion
Barrie Llewelyn and Mike Chick 68
Chapter Four – From City to Nation of Sanctuary? Moving Scalar Imaginaries of Citizenship and National Identity in Wales
Franz Bernhardt, Catrin Wyn Edwards and Rhys Dafydd Jones93
Chapter Five – Creating a Welcoming Nation in a Hostile Environment: LGBTQ+ Precarious Experiences
Ourania Vamvaka-Tatsi125
Chapter Six – Mothers’ Narratives of Transitions and Resilience Through Social Learning
Laura Shobiye167
Chapter Seven – EU Migrants in Wales: Still Welcome?
Stephen Drinkwater, Taulant Guma, Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins and Rhys
Dafydd Jones201
Chapter Eight – Ageing and Migration into Rural Wales: A Counter-Narrative to the Rhetoric of Burden and Dependency
Jesse Heley and Rachel Rahman232
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