Overview

As the law and politics of migration become increasingly intertwined, this thought-provoking Research Handbook addresses the challenge of analysing their relationship. Discussing the evolving theoretical approaches to migration, it explores the growing attention given to the legal frameworks for migration and the expansion of regulation, as migration moves to the centre of the global political agenda. The Research Handbook demonstrates that the overlap between law and politics puts the rule of law at risk in matters of migration as advocates around the globe increasingly turn to law to address the challenges of new migration politics. Presenting a fresh mapping of current issues in the field, it focusses on institutions of migration and analyses the securitization of migration management and the strengths and weaknesses of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Written by leading scholars specialising in a range of disciplines, the Research Handbook on the Law and Politics of Migration will be an illuminating read for academics and students of migration studies with backgrounds in law, politics, criminology, sociology, history, geography and beyond.

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Author:   Catherine Dauvergne
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.864kg
ISBN:  

9781789902259

ISBN 10:   1789902258
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   27 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Law and Politics of Migration : law, politics, and the spaces between 1 Catherine Dauvergne PART I FRAMING THE LAW AND POLITICS OF MIGRATION 2 The politics of migration law: interests, ideas, and institutions 8 Irene Bloemraad 3 Unsettling migration studies: indigeneity and immigration in settler colonial states 21 Antje Ellermann and Ben O’Heran 4 Migration politics at the meso-level 35 Erin Aeran Chung 5 The problem of boundaries: the constitution and the meaning of citizenship 47 Asha Kaushal 6 The trilemma of Canadian migrant worker policy: facilitating employer access while protecting the Canadian labour market and addressing migrant worker exploitation 63 Sarah Marsden, Eric Tucker, and Leah F. Vosko PART II INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR EVOLUTION 7 Immigration enforcement: why does it matter who is in charge? 83 Karine Côté-Boucher and Mireille Paquet 8 On public sanctuary: exploring the nature of refuge in precarious times 96 Laura Madokoro 9 The shift towards increased citizen-driven migration in Canada 110 Shauna Labman and Sarah Zell 10 Closing the gap: official statistics on the migration on unaccompanied migrant children across the Mediterranean 125 Luna Vives and Kira Williams 11 Big tech and migration management 141 Rebecca Hamlin 12 The power of politics: exploring the true potential of community sponsorship programmes 155 Jennifer Bond PART III THE POLITICS OF COURTS 13 The geopolitics of knowledge production in international migration law 172 Thomas Spijkerboer 14 The West and the Muslim refugee: legitimacy, legality and loss 188 Satvinder S. Juss 15 Populism and the failure to acknowledge the human rights of migrants 202 Donald Galloway 16 Manufacturing foreigners: the law and politics of transforming citizens into migrants 217 Michelle Foster and Jade Roberts PART IV EXAMINING THE SHARP END OF STATE POWER 17 Immigration detention and the production of race in the UK 235 Mary Bosworth 18 Fast-track, accelerated, and expedited asylum procedures as a tool of exclusion 246 Daniel Ghezelbash 19 Immigration detention in the age of COVID-19 260 Efrat Arbel and Molly Joeck 20 Protection, crime, and punishment: regulation at the nexus of crimmigration and refugee law 277 Anthea Vogl 21 Privacy rights at the Canadian border: judicial assumptions and the limits of the Charter 291 Benjamin Goold PART V THE CHALLENGE OF INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE 22 Re-defining the international refugee regime: UNHCR, UNRWA, and the challenge of multigenerational protracted refugee situations 308 Yasmeen Abu-Laban 23 Knowledge controversies of global migration governance: understanding the controversy surrounding the Global Compact 321 Scott D. Watson and Corey Robinson 24 The Global Compact for Migration as social theodicy 338 Colin Grey 25 Why the Sustainable Development Goals? Examining international cooperation on migration 353 Elspeth Guild 26 Global migration governance and migrant rights advocacy: the flexibilization of multi-stakeholder negotiations 367 Jenna Hennebry and Nicola Piper Index

Reviews

'This Research Handbook is both timely and timeless - offering penetrating insight into contemporary developments in subjects as diverse as technology and migration, or the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also offering fresh insights into persistent normative and conceptual debates in the field. It is bound to become a field-defining collection.' -- Audrey Macklin, University of Toronto, Canada 'Dauvergne's elegant volume is a tour de force of the inseparability of migration law and politics. The weaknesses of existing migration frameworks are exposed at a time when the human desire to move has never been so universally shared nor so comprehensively thwarted. From impenetrable webs of repulsion and management to medico-legal borders in the time of a pandemic, this Research Handbook pushes us to question what the migration frameworks of tomorrow need to look like and all of the legal, political and institutional challenges they will bring. Brava.' -- Sharon Pickering, Monash University, Australia 'This Research Handbook is a must-have for anyone seeking to truly understand the relationship between law, politics, and migration. It represents a unique collaboration among an interdisciplinary, transnational collection of pre-eminent scholars who apply their expertise to the most significant migration questions of the modern world. Its contribution lies in illuminating how migration issues have moved from the borders of our society to the center of law and politics on a scale that is at once global, intensely local, and ultimately personal.' -- Juliet Stumpf, Lewis and Clark Law School, US 'With breadth and depth, this superb volume offers new perspectives on migration theory and current policy debates. Starting from the premise that law both shapes and is shaped by politics, the chapters adopt interdisciplinary and critical approaches in addressing a remarkably wide range of topics, including asylum and refugee policy, border practices, the Global Compact on Migration, COVID-19 and temporary workers. Important attention is paid to methodological issues as well as the role of civil society organizations, the media and technology in influencing immigration policy.' -- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, The New School, US

'Dauvergne's elegant volume is a tour de force of the inseparability of migration law and politics. The weaknesses of existing migration frameworks are exposed at a time when the human desire to move has never been so universally shared nor so comprehensively thwarted. From impenetrable webs of repulsion and management to medico-legal borders in the time of a pandemic, this Research Handbook pushes us to question what the migration frameworks of tomorrow need to look like and all of the legal, political and institutional challenges they will bring. Brava.' -- Sharon Pickering, Monash University, Australia 'This Handbook is a must-have for anyone seeking to truly understand the relationship between law, politics, and migration. It represents a unique collaboration among an interdisciplinary, transnational collection of preeminent scholars who apply their expertise to the most significant migration questions of the modern world. Its contribution lies in illuminating how migration issues have moved from the borders of our society to the center of law and politics on a scale that is at once global, intensely local, and ultimately personal.' -- Juliet Stumpf, Lewis and Clark Law School, US 'With breadth and depth, this superb volume offers new perspectives on migration theory and current policy debates. Starting from the premise that law both shapes and is shaped by politics, the chapters adopt interdisciplinary and critical approaches in addressing a remarkably wide range of topics, including asylum and refugee policy, border practices, the Global Compact on Migration, COVID-19 and temporary workers. Important attention is paid to methodological issues as well as the role of civil society organizations, the media and technology in influencing immigration policy.' -- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, The New School, US

'With breadth and depth, this superb volume offers new perspectives on migration theory and current policy debates. Starting from the premise that law both shapes and is shaped by politics, the chapters adopt interdisciplinary and critical approaches in addressing a remarkably wide range of topics, including asylum and refugee policy, border practices, the Global Compact on Migration, COVID-19 and temporary workers. Important attention is paid to methodological issues as well as the role of civil society organizations, the media and technology in influencing immigration policy.' -- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, The New School, US

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Edited by Catherine Dauvergne, Professor, Allard School of Law The University of British Columbia, Canada

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