Migrant Protest and Democratic States of Exception

This book explores the relationship between sovereignty, resistance, and the struggles of migrants and non-citizens, offering a fresh perspective on immigration politics. It is well-researched, rigorous, and relevant to political theory, making it an important contribution to the field.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 260 pages
Publication date: 11 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Migrant protests are gaining increasing attention, making this book both timely and cutting-edge. Arnold's conceptualization of sovereignty as a relationship opens up novel avenues for thinking about constituting the people, resistance, and the relationships between the state, nation, and migrant/non-citizen.

The struggles of immigrants themselves, through strategies of self-harm and faith-based sanctuary, are often overlooked in the context of immigration politics, and they are rarely the focus of a single scholarly book. This book fills that gap by providing a clear, rigorous, and comprehensive analysis of the empirical literature on migration politics and the philosophical/theoretical literature on political agency and sovereignty. It pushes to make political theory relevant as a field and offers new insights into political issues.

Geographically, the book will appeal to the North American and Australian markets, as it includes extended case studies of immigrant activism in both countries. Arnold is an excellent scholar, and this book is a valuable contribution to the field of political theory and immigration studies.

Weight: 426g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032245591