Making people illegal : what globalization means for migration and law / Catherine Dauvergne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dauvergne, Catherine, author.

Series:

Law in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens.

Emigration and immigration law.

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book examines the relationship between illegal migration and globalization. Under the pressures of globalizing forces, migration law is transformed into the last bastion of sovereignty. This explains the worldwide crackdown on extra-legal migration and informs the shape this crackdown is taking. It also means that migration law reflects key facets of globalization and addresses the central debates of globalization theory. This book looks at various migration law settings, asserting that differing but related globalization effects are discernible at each location. The 'core samples' interrogated in the book are drawn from refugee law, illegal labor migration, human trafficking, security issues in migration law, and citizenship law. Special attention is paid to the roles played by the European Union and the United States in setting the terms of global engagement. The book's conclusion considers what the rule of law contributes to transformed migration law.

Contents:

On being illegal

Migration in the globalization script

Making asylum illegal

Trafficking in hegemony

The less brave new world

Citizenship unhinged

Myths and giants : the influence of the EU and the US

Sovereignty and the rule of law in global times.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780511810473

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.