Borders, asylum and global non-citizenship : the other side of the fence / Heather L. Johnson.
2014
K3275 .J64 2014 (Mapit)
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Johnson, Heather L., 1980-
Title
Borders, asylum and global non-citizenship : the other side of the fence / Heather L. Johnson.
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Description
vii, 251 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction: situating migrant narratives in irregularity
2. Narratives and moments
3. From forced and voluntary to irregular and regular
4. Framing the migration regime in border control
5. Rethinking irregularity
6. Camps and detention centres: spaces containing irregularity
7. The other side of the fence
8. Irregularizing agency
Conclusion: stories about migration
Appendix: list of interviews.
2. Narratives and moments
3. From forced and voluntary to irregular and regular
4. Framing the migration regime in border control
5. Rethinking irregularity
6. Camps and detention centres: spaces containing irregularity
7. The other side of the fence
8. Irregularizing agency
Conclusion: stories about migration
Appendix: list of interviews.
Summary
"The experience of border crossing for refugees and irregular migrants challenges global border and migration controls in multiple contexts. Using qualitative field research in Tanzania, Spain, Morocco and Australia, Heather Johnson asks how a global regime of migration management and control can be perceived through the dynamics of particular border spaces: refugee camps, border zones and detention centres. She explores how irregular migrants are impacted by the increasingly security-oriented practices of border control, and how they confront these practices. Johnson rejects the characterization of border spaces as exceptional, abject and exclusionary, arguing instead for an understanding of politics as everyday contestation that reveals a radical political agency, re-imagining the global non-citizen as a transgressive and powerful figure. Building on recent scholarship that rethinks irregularity and non-citizenship, her conclusions have broad implications for how we understand irregular migration from a position of dialogue and solidarity"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K3275 .J64 2014
Language
English
ISBN
9781107061835 hardback
1107061830 hardback
1107061830 hardback
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