Contesting Citizenship: Irregular Migrants and New Frontiers of the Political by

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Contesting Citizenship by Anne McNevin Irregular migrants complicate the boundaries of citizenship and stretch the parameters of political belonging. Comprised of refugees, asylum seekers, "illegal" labor migrants, and stateless persons, this group of migrants occupies new sovereign spaces that generate new subjectivities. Investigating the role of irregular migrants in the transformation of citizenship, Anne McNevin argues that irregular status is an immanent (rather than aberrant) condition of global capitalism, formed by the fast-tracked processes of globalization. McNevin casts irregular migrants as more than mere victims of sovereign power, shuttled from one location to the next. Incorporating examples from the United States, Australia, and France, she shows how migrants reject their position as "illegal" outsiders and make claims on the communities in which they live and work. For these migrants, outsider status operates as both a mode of subjectification and as a site of active resistance, forcing observers to rethink the enactment of citizenship. McNevin connects irregular migrant activism to the complex rescaling of the neoliberal state.States increasingly prioritize transnational market relations that disrupt the spatial context for citizenship. At the same time, states police their borders in ways that reinvigorate territorial identities. Mapping the broad dynamics of political belonging in a neoliberal era, McNevin provides invaluable insight into the social and spatial transformation of citizenship, sovereignty, and power. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Irregular migrants complicate the boundaries of citizenship and stretch the parameters of political belonging. Comprised of refugees, asylum seekers, "illegal" labor migrants, and stateless persons, this group of migrants occupies new sovereign spaces that generate new subjectivities. Investigating the role of irregular migrants in the transformation of citizenship, Anne McNevin argues that irregular status is an immanent (rather than aberrant) condition of global capitalism, formed by the fast-tracked processes of globalization.McNevin casts irregular migrants as more than mere victims of sovereign power, shuttled from one location to the next. Incorporating examples from the United States, Australia, and France, she shows how migrants reject their position as "illegal" outsiders and make claims on the communities in which they live and work. For these migrants, outsider status operates as both a mode of subjectification and as a site of active resistance, forcing observers to rethink the enactment of citizenship. McNevin connects irregular migrant activism to the complex rescaling of the neoliberal state. States increasingly prioritize transnational market relations that disrupt the spatial context for citizenship. At the same time, states police their borders in ways that reinvigorate territorial identities. Mapping the broad dynamics of political belonging in a neoliberal era, McNevin provides invaluable insight into the social and spatial transformation of citizenship, sovereignty, and power. Notes "This book carefully treads a new path and invites readers to think differently about citizenship by hearing and seeing the acts of those who have been rendered as outsiders and strangers to citizenship." -- Engin Isin, The Open University Author Biography Anne McNevin is a research fellow and lecturer in international studies at the Globalism Research Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne. She is also an associate editor of the journal Citizenship Studies. Review Contesting Citizenship carefully treads a new path, inviting readers to think differently about citizenship by hearing and seeing the acts of those who have been rendered as outsiders and strangers to citizenship. -- Engin Isin, The Open University In a cosmopolitan age, the movement of displaced people, arguably an inherent part of the human condition from time immemorial, inspires much fear among the settled. Rich in empirical detail from the United States, Australia, and France, Anne McNevins book views irregular immigrants as more than victims. Instead, she argues they are agents of changing notions of political belonging and novel understandings of citizenship. In challenging the presumed stability of regular sovereign power, they are defining a new frontier of the political that has massive implications for the meaning of citizenship in the contemporary world. -- John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Globalization and Sovereignty An innovative addition to the scholarship on citizenship... Recommended. Choice ...refreshing and particularly important... -- Stephanie J. Silverman Journal of Refugee Studies A very impressive book. Historical Materialism Promotional "This book carefully treads a new path and invites readers to think differently about citizenship by hearing and seeing the acts of those who have been rendered as outsiders and strangers to citizenship." -- Engin Isin, The Open University Review Quote ...refreshing and particularly important... Details ISBN0231151284 Pages 240 Year 2011 ISBN-10 0231151284 ISBN-13 9780231151283 Format Hardcover Short Title CONTESTING CITIZENSHIP Language English Media Book DEWEY 325 Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle Irregular Migrants and New Frontiers of the Political Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations Illustrations Publisher Columbia University Press Translated from English Publication Date 2011-06-28 UK Release Date 2011-06-28 AU Release Date 2011-06-28 NZ Release Date 2011-06-28 US Release Date 2011-06-28 Author Anne McNevin Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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