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"Offering new empirical, conceptual, and normative perspectives on local migration governance, this volume uses a diverse range of case studies to analyse the recent 'local turn' in migration governance from a socio-legal perspective, highlighting the relevance of legal frameworks, mechanisms, and processes. Available Open Access on Cambridge Core"--
List of contents
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.
About the author
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).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.
Summary
Offering new empirical, conceptual, and normative perspectives on local migration governance, this volume uses a diverse range of case studies to analyse the recent 'local turn' in migration governance from a socio-legal perspective, highlighting the relevance of legal frameworks, mechanisms, and processes. Available Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Foreword
Explores how analyses of legal processes can inform the theorization of the role of local governments in migration governance.
