Migration, Citizenship and the Challenge for Security: An Ethnographic Approach

ISBN-13: 9781137495952 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 168 str.

Alexandria Innes

Opis

This study focuses on the field of security studies through the prism of migration. Using ethnographic methods to illustrate an experiential theory of security taken from the perspective of migrants and asylum seekers in Europe, it effectively offers a means of moving beyond state-based and state-centric theories in International Relations.

Recenzje

"Combining scholarship on migration, human rights, and critical/feminist security studies, she weaves a compelling narrative that foregrounds migrant agency. ... Migration, Citizenship and the Challenge for Security can function as a comprehensive introduction to those new to the issues since Innes covers a lot of ground. ... I could see its usefulness for classroom use ... . " (Annick T. R. Wibben, International Studies Review, Vol. 20, 2018)

Spis treści

Introduction: Producing Knowledge in International Security Studies 1.The Problem of Migration for Security Studies 2. Insecurity and Asylum Seeker Identity 3. Human Rights, Mobile Humans: A Critical Reading of Mobility and Access to Rights 4. States in a World of Asylum Seekers: Agency, Rights, Security 5. Performing Security, Theorising Security Conclusion: Opening

O autorze

Alexandria J. Innes is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of East Anglia. Her work on migration, security and International Relations theory has been published in Security Dialogue, Global Society, and International Relations, among others.