Sanctuary, sovereignty, sacrifice : Canadian sanctuary incidents, power, and law / Randy K. Lippert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lippert, Randy K., 1966-

Series:

Law and society series.

Law and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asylum, Right of--Canada.

Asylum, Right of.

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.

Refugees.

Church work with refugees--Canada.

Church work with refugees.

Refugees--Government policy--Canada.

Refugees--Canada.

Canada--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Facing immediate deportation, a lone Guatemalan migrant entered sanctuary in a Montreal church in December 1983. Thus began the practice of sanctuary in Canada. By 2003, thirty-six incidents involving 261 migrants had occurred nationwide. Sanctuary, Sovereignty, Sacrifice closely examines sanctuary practice in Canada. Randy Lippert suggests that, far from being a coherent social movement, sanctuary practice is a localized and isolated phenomenon, and often not primarily religious in orientation. It is also remarkably successful -- in every documented incident, state authorities were kept at bay and providers avoided arrest. In most cases, migrants also ultimately received legal status. Drawing on theories of governmentality, Lippert traces the emergence of this practice to a shift in responsibility for refugees and immigrants from the state to churches and communities. Here sanctuary practices and spaces are shaped by a form of pastoral power that targets needs and operates through sacrifice, and by a sovereign power that is exceptional, territorial, and spectacular. Correspondingly, law plays a complex role in sanctuary, appearing variously as a form of oppression, a game, and a source of majestic authority that overshadows the state. A thorough and original account of contemporary sanctuary practice, this book tackles theoretical and methodological questions in governmentality and socio-legal studies concerning methodology, nonliberal power, the role of legal narratives, and the nature of resistance. Sanctuary, Sovereignty, Sacrifice will be of interest to scholars and students in socio-legal studies, criminology, sociology, political science, social history, anthropology, and religious studies, and will appeal to anyone interested in immigration and refugee law and policy.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Features of Canadian Sanctuary Incidents, 1983-2003""; ""3 Advanced-Liberal Refugee Determination and Resettlement""; ""4 Sanctuary as Sovereign Power""; ""5 Sanctuary as Pastoral Power""; ""6 Sanctuary and Law""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""Postscript""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-220) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74124-1

9786612741241

0-7748-5529-0

OCLC:

923441442

Publisher Number:

9780774812498