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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Sarah van Walsum is senior researcher in Migration law. Dr. Thomas Spijkerboer is professor of Migration law. Both work at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Klappentext This book examines immigration law from a gender perspective. It shows how immigration law situates gender conflicts outside of the national order, projecting them on to non-western countries, exotic cultures, clandestine labour and criminal organizations. Zusammenfassung This book examines immigration law from a gender perspective. It shows how immigration law situates gender conflicts outside of the national order, projecting them on to non-western countries, exotic cultures, clandestine labour and criminal organizations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Global Context Border Rights and Rites. Generalizations, Stereotypes and Gendered Migration. Citizenship, Noncitizenship and the Status of the Foreign Domestic. Gendered Borders and United States' Sovereignty Part II: European Perspectives Gendered Violence in 'New Wars': Challenges to the Refugee Convention. Problematizing Trafficking for the Sex Sector: A Case of Eastern European Women in the EU. A Migrant World of Services. Gender, Migration and Class: Why 'live-in' Domestic Workers are not Compensated for Overtime? The Case of Mrs Boultif: The Right to Domicile of Women with a Migrant Partner in European Immigration Law Part III: National Case Studies Transnational Contingency: The Domestic Work of Migrant Women in Austria. Response and Responsibility: Domestic Violence and Marriage Migration in the UK. French Immigration Laws: The Sans-Papires Perspectives. Crossing Borders: Gender, Citizenship and Reproductive Autonomy in Ireland. Socio-Political and Legal Representations of Migrant Women Sex Labourers in Italy: Between Discourse and Praxis.
