The superfluous populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts is an inevitable outcome of modernization. Zygmunt Bauman shows that the problem of coping with "human waste" provides a key for understanding some otherwise baffling features of our shared life.

The superfluous populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts is an inevitable outcome of modernization. Zygmunt Bauman shows that the problem of coping with "human waste" provides a key for understanding some otherwise baffling features of our shared life.