Theorizing Local Migration Law and Governance

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-316-51784-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 675 g

In many regions around the world, the governance of migration increasingly involves local authorities and actors. This edited volume introduces theoretical contributions that, departing from the 'local turn' in migration studies, highlight the distinct role that legal processes, debates, and instruments play in driving this development. Drawing on historical and contemporary case studies, it demonstrates how paying closer analytical attention to legal questions reveals the inherent tensions and contradictions of migration governance. By investigating socio-legal phenomena such as sanctuary jurisdictions, it further explores how the law structures ongoing processes of (re)scaling in this domain. Beyond offering conceptual and empirical discussions of local migration governance, this volume also directly confronts the pressing normative questions that follow from the growing involvement of local authorities and actors. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baumgärtel, Moritz

Miellet, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Sicherheitsrecht Ausländerrecht, Asylrecht, Flüchtlingsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Crimmigration and crossover youth: The deportation of former wards of the state Benjamin Perryman; 2. From control to deterrence: Assessing the legal consciousness of border enforcement in South Africa (2002-2019) Jeff Handmaker, Caroline Nalule; 3. Welcome culture or symbolic politics? Berlin's strategies of divergence in immigration policy Moritz Baumgärtel and Franziska Pett; 4. Sanctuary, security, and scale Graham Hudson; 5. Law and values: 'Sanctuary Cities' in the United States Christopher N. Lasch, finalized by Elizabeth Stovall; 6. Nationality, citizenship law, and questions of scale: colonial and postcolonial considerations Graham Hudson; 7. Sanctuary city, solidarity city, inclusive city (yet to come): Living invisibly in Toronto in times of the covid-19 pandemic Luisa Sotomayor and Liette Gilbert; 8. National identity, post-modernity, and the structure of immigration Control Daniel I. Morales; 9. The globalisation of community sponsorship of refugees and local governance: towards protection principles Nikolas Feith Tan; 10. Conclusion Mariana Valverde.

Über Autor(innen)

Baumgärtel, Moritz
Moritz Baumgärtel is an Assistant Professor in Law and Sociology at University College Roosevelt and the senior researcher of the 'Cities of Refuge' research project of Utrecht University. He is the author of Demanding Rights: Europe's Supranational Courts and the Dilemma of Migrant Vulnerability (2019).

Miellet, Sara
Sara Miellet is an early career researcher with an interest in local, multiscalar and rights-based approaches to migration governance, refugee arrival, reception and inclusion. Between 2017 and 2021, she was a PhD researcher in the 'Cities of Refuge' research project based at Utrecht University.