Asylum After Empire Colonial Lcb

This book critiques existing literature on the response of Western states to asylum seeking 'others' and outlines an alternative perspective to acknowledge the colonial histories that have shaped the contemporary response of states to movements of refugees.

List of contents

1. Introduction / 2. The Asylum 'Problem' / 3. Decolonising the 'Problem': An Alternative Standpoint for Analysing the Exclusionary Politics of Asylum / 4. The British Empire and the Right to be Human / 5. Colonialism, the League of Nations and Race Equality / 6. The United Nations and the Right to be Human / 7. Future Directions for Policy / 8. Asylum After Empire

About the author

Dr. Lucy Mayblin is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. She holds degrees in Human Geography, European Studies, Social Research Methods and Sociology. She is co-convenor of the British Sociological Association's Study Group on Diaspora, Migration and Transnationalism, has been Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, and 2015-2018 holds a prestigious ESRC Future Research Leaders fellowship for research in to the economic rights of asylum seekers. This book is based on her doctoral research, which was funded by the ESRC.

Summary

This book critiques existing literature on the response of Western states to asylum seeking ‘others’ and outlines an alternative perspective to acknowledge the colonial histories that have shaped the contemporary response of states to movements of refugees.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Mayblin, Mayblin Lucy
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2017
• EAN: 9781783486151
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-615-1
• Series: Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions; Kilombo: International Relatio; Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Human rights, civil rights, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples