Sanctuary City : A Suspended State / by J. Bagelman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagelman, Jennifer J., Author.

Series:

Mobility & Politics, 2731-3875

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Political planning.

Human geography.

Political sociology.

Political science.

Public law.

Human Migration.

Public Policy.

Human Geography.

Political Sociology.

Political Science.

Public Law.

Local Subjects:

Human Migration.

Public Policy.

Human Geography.

Political Sociology.

Political Science.

Public Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2016.

Summary:

Sanctuary City: A Suspended State traces the ancient concept of sanctuary up to the present day revealing how the contemporary and supposedly hospitable 'sanctuary city' inadvertently entrenches a hostile asylum regime. This book specifically explores the UK-based sanctuary movement with a focus on Glasgow, host to the largest population of asylum seekers in the UK. Based on ethnographic research this book examines how sanctuary renders intractable the serious problem of protracted waiting, indefinitely deferring the rights of asylum seekers. Whilst illuminating how sanctuary functions as a technology that suspends many lives, this book also explores how the sanctuary city might politically challenge this waiting state.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Mapping Sanctuary's Sacred Promise; 3 A Politics of Ease; 4 Drawing Out Time; 5 The Idealized City; 6 Still Waiting: Security, Temporality, Population; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137480385

1137480386

OCLC:

945873666