Otherness: An unfinished project in public administration

Santis, Esteban Leonardo

doi:10.1080/10841806.2021.1918989

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“…Within the “inclusive exclusion” framework of Agamben (1998), the fear of the other is targeted toward the mainstream population (Sementelli, 2017) for whom the alien narrative serves as a trigger for political purposes. Agamben's (1998, p. 80) idea is that society creates the category of the valued (or deserving) through the category of the devalued (undeserving) via “the decision of the value (or nonvalue) of life as such.” Thus, the status of inclusive exclusion, in which the norm depends on the excluded other (Santis, 2021), serves to keep the immigration issue alive with very little incentive for resolving it.…”

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“…Agamben's (1998, p. 80) idea is that society creates the category of the valued (or deserving) through the category of the devalued (undeserving) via "the decision of the value (or nonvalue) of life as such." Thus, the status of inclusive exclusion, in which the norm depends on the excluded other (Santis, 2021), serves to keep the immigration issue alive with very little incentive for resolving it.…”

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The politics of language: Exploring the DREAMers as the “alien other” in the narratives of immigration

Dzhurova

2023

Politics & Policy

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Recently, the Biden administration banned federal agencies from using the phrase “illegal alien,” replacing it with a less dehumanizing expression (e.g., noncitizen, undocumented immigrant, etc.). This article delves into the origins of the alien reference by surveying the case of the DREAMers—a small subset of immigrants brought to the United States as children. Designated as aliens in the broader immigration context, the DREAMers epitomize a problematic narrative depicting the overall “otherness” as deep‐seated in America. I impose Agamben‘s image of the homo sacer onto the conceptualization of otherness to frame the DREAMers as alienated (exempted from the limits of the political state), waiting to enter society through formal legislation. Critically examining the narratives of policy makers in Congress, I study how political elites use language to reinforce existing power structures. In the two‐decade attempt of Congress to resolve the DREAMers‘ marginalized status, they are infantilized and, hence, stigmatized anew.Related ArticlesDuman, Yoav H. 2014. “Reducing the Fog? Immigrant Regularization and the State.” Politics & Policy 42(2): 187–220. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12065.Garrett, Terence M. 2020. “The Security Apparatus, Federal Magistrate Courts, and Detention Centers as Simulacra: The Effects of Trump‘s Zero Tolerance Policy on Migrants and Refugees in the Rio Grande Valley.” Politics & Policy 48(2): 372–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12348.Garrett, Terence M., and Arthur J. Sementelli. 2022. “COVID‐19, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants on the Mexico–U.S. Border: Creating States of Exception.” Politics & Policy 51(3): 872–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12484.

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Section: R I T Ica L Ly Ex a M I N I Ng T H E "Ot H Er N E S S" Agamb...mentioning

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The politics of language: Exploring the DREAMers as the “alien other” in the narratives of immigration

Dzhurova

2023

Politics & Policy

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“…Counternarratives are important (Blessett et al, 2016; Portillo et al, 2022) even if, as we argue in this article, they are not de facto non‐hegemonic. Such narratives still have the potential to (re)create pedagogies of the oppressed (Freire, 2013; Santis, 2021) if they are not carefully dissected.…”

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Interrogating hegemonic embraces: Representative bureaucracy, methodological Whiteness, and non‐West exclusions

Moloney

Sanabria-Pulido

Demircioğlu

2022

Public Administration Review

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The United States' racial history infrequently defines the representativeness of bureaucracies outside of the United States. This article explores how selective historical memories and insufficiently critical concept importations limit disciplinary understandings. We articulate how policy transfer assumptions, narrow administrative histories, methodological Whiteness, and incomplete considerations of non‐West administration alter our understanding of what is or is not representative bureaucracy. We encourage scholars to recall how concepts like representative bureaucracy may lack exact comparability outside the West and to be open to its potential alteration by contextual circumstances. The implications for further exploration of the representative bureaucracy concept and the challenges for pedagogy are also discussed. Evidence for Practice West‐derived hegemonic understandings of the public administration discipline limit the development of public administration practice and scholarship outside the West. Insufficient historical and comparative circumspection is a frequent output of West‐based scholars seeking to implement their concepts in non‐West administrations. The discipline and practice of public administration may increase its global dialogues by conversing with non‐West actors and recognizing the limitations of Western data and theories. Like many administrative concepts, the representative bureaucracy concept as developed in the West may not operate similarly in other contexts.

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“…Not attending to social equity leads to unrest and instability (Guy & McCandless, 2012). Moreover, in the absence of social equity, otherness prospers insofar as life becomes fundamentally typified by advantages and disadvantages based on a person's proximity to the status quo (Santis, 2021, p. 2). Without attending to social equity, othering can engulf the public sector, resulting in “detrimental harms for subjugated and marginalized communities” (Blessett et al, 2019, p. 284).…”

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A long road: Patterns and prospects for social equity, diversity, and inclusion in public administration

McCandless

BishuÂ

HernÃ¡ndezÂ

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Public Administration

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Public Administration, the field's oldest journal, is now 100 years old. Despite this centenary, it has only been relatively recently that scholars have examined questions of: (1) how diverse, equitable, and inclusive the field is; (2) how oppressive administrative structures marginalize groups; and (3) what principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mean globally. We seek to contribute to this conversation by reflecting on what is currently known about answers to these questions, especially from global perspectives. We do this by presenting five purposively selected vignettes, each on some dimension of DEI. We frame and analyze these vignettes using Gooden's “name, blame, and claim” framework. Reflections are offered regarding how the field can better center and achieve DEI.

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Otherness: An unfinished project in public administration

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

The politics of language: Exploring the DREAMers as the “alien other” in the narratives of immigration

The politics of language: Exploring the DREAMers as the “alien other” in the narratives of immigration

Interrogating hegemonic embraces: Representative bureaucracy, methodological Whiteness, and non‐West exclusions

A long road: Patterns and prospects for social equity, diversity, and inclusion in public administration

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