Citizenship, migrant activism and the politics of movement / edited by Peter Nyers and Kim Rygiel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nyers, Peter.

Rygiel, Kim.

Series:

Routledge research on the global politics of migration

Routledge research on the global politics of migration ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Political activity.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Civil rights.

Emigration and immigration--Political aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

x, 188 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Contents:

Introduction: citizenship, migrant activism, and the politics of movement

Securitized migrants and postcolonial (in)difference: the politics of activisms among North African migrants in France / Alina Sajed

Claiming rights, asserting belonging: contesting citizenship in the UK / Ruth Grove-White

Ungrateful subjects? refugee protests and the logic of gratitude / Carolina Moulin

"We are all foreigners": no borders as a practical political project / Bridget Anderson, Nandita Sharma and Cynthia Wright

Ethnography and human rights: the experience of APDHA with Nigerian sex workers in Andalucía / Estefanía Acién González

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

Building a sanctuary city: municipal migrant rights in the city of Toronto / Jean McDonald

Taking not waiting: space, temporality and politics in the city of sanctuary movement / Vicki Squire and Jennifer Bagelman

Undocumented citizens? shifting grounds of citizenship in Los Angeles / Anne McNevin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415605779

0415605776

9780203125113

0203125118

OCLC:

663952397