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Citizenship, Migrant Activism and the Politics of Movement.

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, utilisin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nyers, Peter
Otros Autores: Rygiel, Kim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge research on the global politics of migration.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.