A Family Matter : Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy / Megan Gaucher.
2018
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Author
Title
A Family Matter : Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy / Megan Gaucher.
Imprint
Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Description
viii, 236 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Invisibility of family in the Canadian conversation
Inside/outside families: the politics of relationship recognition in Canadian law and policy
The role of relationships in Canadian refugee determination process for sexual minorities
An education in conjugality: experiences of common-law couples with spousal sponsorship
Canada's anti-marriage fraud campaign and the production of "legitimate" conjugal citizens
Rethinking conjugality.
Inside/outside families: the politics of relationship recognition in Canadian law and policy
The role of relationships in Canadian refugee determination process for sexual minorities
An education in conjugality: experiences of common-law couples with spousal sponsorship
Canada's anti-marriage fraud campaign and the production of "legitimate" conjugal citizens
Rethinking conjugality.
Summary
"What is family? Citing national security and societal welfare, the Harper government adopted a strict definition of family to limit access to citizenship for certain immigrants. Megan Gaucher analyzes the government's assessment of sexual-minority refugee claimants' relationship history, common-law and married spousal sponsorship applications, and marriage fraud, concluding that this narrative of citizenship reinforces racialized, gendered, and sexualized assumptions about the "Canadian family." As many Western governments ponder more restrictive immigration policies, A Family Matter offers a timely examination of the Canadian approach and proposes a course for re-evaluating how family is defined and implementing fairer assessments of immigrants and refugees."-- Provided by publisher.
Language Note
Text in English.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-223) and index.
Available Note
Issued also in electronic formats.
Call Number
KC203 .G383 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9780774836425 (hardcover)
0774836423 (hardcover)
9780774836432
0774836431
0774836423 (hardcover)
9780774836432
0774836431
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