Citizenship, migrant activism and the politics of movement /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Nyers, Peter, Rygiel, Kim
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Series:	Routledge research on the global politics of migration.
Subjects:	Immigrants > Political activity. Immigrants > Civil rights. Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: citizenship, migrant activism, and the politics of movement
Securitized migrants and postcolonial (in)difference: the politics of activisms among North African migrants in France / Alina Sajed
Claiming rights, asserting belonging: contesting citizenship in the UK / Ruth Grove-White
Ungrateful subjects? refugee protests and the logic of gratitude / Carolina Moulin
"We are all foreigners": no borders as a practical political project / Bridget Anderson, Nandita Sharma and Cynthia Wright
Ethnography and human rights: the experience of APDHA with Nigerian sex workers in Andalucía / Estefanía Acién González
Moments of solidarity, migrant activism and (non)citizens at global borders: political agency at Tanzanian refugee camps, Australian detention centres and European borders / Heather Johnson
Building a sanctuary city: municipal migrant rights in the city of Toronto / Jean McDonald
Taking not waiting: space, temporality and politics in the city of sanctuary movement / Vicki Squire and Jennifer Bagelman
Undocumented citizens? shifting grounds of citizenship in Los Angeles / Anne McNevin.