Citizenship, Migrant Activism and the Politics of Movement

ISBN-13: 9780415605779 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 200 str.

Peter Nyers

Opis

Migration and immigration is an issue dominating the political agendas and policies of industrialized countries. Citizens and non-citizens are viewed as mobile bodies that carry potential risks and must be subject to risk assessments, upon which rights to movement are then either granted or restricted.

Spis treści

Introduction: Citizenship, Migrant Activism, and the Politics of Movement Peter Nyers and Kim Rygiel  1. Securitized 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 and Cynthia Wright  5. Ethnography and Human Rights: The Experience of APDHA with Nigerian Sex Workers in Andalucía 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 Bagelman  9: Undocumented Citizens? Shifting grounds of citizenship in Los Angeles Anne McNevin

O autorze

Peter Nyers is Associate Professor of the Politics of Citizenship and Intercultural Relations at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Kim Rygiel is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.