Irregular Citizenship, Immigration, and Deportation

Deportation has become a prominent issue in immigration policies, and Irregular Citizenship, Immigration, and Deportation explores the social responses to deportation, including movements against deportation and detention. It looks at how citizens become caught up in the deportation apparatus and must struggle to remain in or return to their country of citizenship. The book features eleven 'acts of citizenship' that occur in the context of deportation and anti-deportation and argues that these struggles are fundamentally struggles over political subjectivity.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 172 pages
\n Publication date: 20 December 2018
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Deportation has regained significant prominence in the immigration policies of nation-states. Irregular Citizenship, Immigration, and Deportation delves into the social reactions to deportation, particularly the growing movements against deportation and detention, as well as the demands for freedom of movement and the regularization of status. The book aims to understand the political subjects that emerge in this contentious field of governance and control, freedom, and struggle. Instead of solely focusing on the typical subjects of removal, such as refugees, the undocumented, and irregular migrants, Irregular Citizenship, Immigration, and Deportation explores how citizens become entangled in the deportation apparatus and must struggle to remain in or return to their country of citizenship. The transformation of 'regular citizens into deportable 'irregular citizens involves the removal of the rights, duties, and obligations of citizenship. This includes unmaking citizenship through official revocation or denationalization, as well as through informal, extra-legal, and unofficial means. The book features eleven 'acts of citizenship that occur in the context of deportation and anti-deportation, arguing that these struggles for rights, recognition, and return are fundamentally struggles over political subjectivity—of citizenship.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of citizenship, migration, and security studies.

\n Weight: 282g\n
Dimension: 230 x 161 x 10 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781138337008\n \n