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Author Nyers, Peter

Title Citizenship, Migrant Activism and the Politics of Movement
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (200 pages)
Series Routledge research on the global politics of migration ; 2
Routledge research on the global politics of migration.
Contents Front Cover; Citizenship, Migrant Activism and the Politics of Movement; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Citizenship, migrant activism and the politics of movement: Peter Nyers and Kim Rygiel; 1. Securitised migrants and postcolonial (in)difference: the politics of activisms among North African migrants in France: Alina Sajed; 2. Claiming rights, asserting belonging: contesting citizenship in the UK: Ruth Grove-White; 3. Ungrateful subjects? Refugee protests and the logic of gratitude: Carolina Moulin
4. 'We are all foreigners': No Borders as a practical political project: Bridget Anderson, Nandita Sharma andCynthia Wright5. Ethnography and human rights: the experience of APDHA with Nigerian sex workers in Andalusia: Estefanía Acién González; 6. Moments of solidarity, migrant activism and (non)citizens at global borders: political agency at Tanzanian refugee camps, Australian detention centres and European borders: Heather Johnson; 7. Building a sanctuary city: municipal migrant rights in the city of Toronto: Jean McDonald
8. Taking not waiting: space, temporality and politics in the City of Sanctuary movement: Vicki Squire and Jennifer Bagelman9. Undocumented citizens? Shifting grounds of citizenship in Los Angeles: Anne McNevin; Index
Summary Migration is an inescapable issue in the public debates and political agendas of Western countries, with refugees and migrants increasingly viewed through the lens of security. This book analyses recent shifts in governing global mobility from the perspective of the politics of citizenship, utilising an interdisciplinary approach that employs politics, sociology, anthropology, and history. Featuring an international group of leading and emerging researchers working on the intersection of migrant politics and citizenship studies, this book investigates how restrictions on mobility are not only
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Immigrants -- Political activity
Immigrants -- Civil rights
Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects.
Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
Immigrants -- Civil rights
Immigrants -- Political activity
Einwanderer
Politische Beteiligung
Politische Betätigung
Aktivismus
Bürgerrecht
Immigratie.
Immigranten.
Activisme.
Mensenrechten.
Form Electronic book
Author Rygiel, Kim
ISBN 9780203125113
0203125118