Statelessness in the European Union

Informationen zum Autor Caroline Sawyer is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Victoria University, Wellington. A former practising solicitor, she has developed university teaching courses in migration and nationality issues for undergraduates and postgraduates and was also UK Country Expert for the EUI's recent comparative study of access to citizenship in Europe. Brad K. Blitz is Professor of Human and Political Geography at Kingston University, Research Associate in the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford, and Director of the International Observatory on Statelessness. Klappentext An assessment of the experiences of irregular migrants and stateless people living in 'Fortress Europe'. Zusammenfassung This book examines the way in which stateless people and irregular migrants manage their lives inside the European Union. Case studies from an empirically-based project illustrate the everyday realities for non-citizens in four European countries: France! the UK! Estonia and Slovenia. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction - statelessness in the European Union Caroline Sawyer and Brad K. Blitz; 2. Undocumented migrants: an Arendtian perspective Monika Krause; 3. The rights of non-citizens in political thought Matthew Gibney; 4. Statelessness in international and regional law Caroline Sawyer; 5. From strangers to citizens: the international regime on statelessness Brad K. Blitz; 6. Methodology of the study Brad K. Blitz and Caroline Sawyer; 7. Effective statelessness in the UK Caroline Sawyer, Brad K. Blitz and Miguel Otero-Iglesias; 8. The sans-papiers in France Arnaud Lucien and David Marrani; 9. Stateless Russians in Estonia Raivo Vetik; 10. The erased of Slovenia Jelka Zorn; 11. Analysis Brad K. Blitz and Caroline Sawyer; 12. Conclusions Caroline Sawyer and Brad K. Blitz.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Sawyer
• Assisted by: Brad K. Blitz (Editor), Brad K. (Kingston University Blitz (Editor), Blitz Brad K. (Editor), Caroline Sawyer (Editor), Caroline (Victoria University of Wellington) Sawyer (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521191937
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19193-7
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / International, immigration law, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, EU (European Union), International human rights law, EU & European institutions, Civics and citizenship, Citizenship & nationality law