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Crossing : how we label and react to people on the move
- Title
- Crossing : how we label and react to people on the move / Rebecca Hamlin.
- Author
- Hamlin, Rebecca
- Publication
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 202 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Both international law and the immigration laws of liberal states have developed to mimic and reinforce a dichotomy between voluntary (often economically motivated) migrants who can be legitimately excluded by potential host states, and forced (often politically motivated) refugees who should be let in. This migrant/refugee binary is ubiquitous, even as it is strained by contemporary border crossing crises. The nuanced patterns of global migration and the lived experiences of border crossers push against the binary, revealing it to be a constructed "legal fiction." In Crossing, Rebecca Hamlin explores the prevalence of this conceptual dichotomy, and its significant consequences. She outlines some of the major inconsistencies and faulty assumptions upon which the binary relies, and explains its endurance and appeal by tracing its origins to the birth of the modern state. The book re-examines core works of political theorists on the ethics of border control and the rights of migrants from Kant to Arendt. It engages in an institutional analysis of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and contributes a rich empirical study of multiple unfolding border crossing "crises" in Europe, North America, South America, and the Middle East. Hamlin argue that like many social constructs, the migrant/refugee binary endures because it serves a purpose, which is to make harsh border control measures more ethically palatable. However, failure to account for the assumptions of the binary has negative consequences for policymaking, human rights advocacy, and the academic study of migration"--
- Alternative Title
- How we label and react to people on the move
- Subject
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Emigration and immigration law
- Emigration and immigration > Government policy
- Emigration and immigration > Public opinion
- Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc
- Refugees > Government policy
- Refugees > Public opinion
- Legal status
- Emigration and immigration
- Refugees
- Genre/Form
- Informational works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-189) and index.
- Contents
- The migrant/refugee binary -- Uneven sovereignties -- Academic study -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees -- The Global South -- Arrivals in Europe -- American public discourse -- Beyond binary thinking.
- Call Number
- K3275
- ISBN
- 9781503610606
- 1503610608
- 9781503627871
- 150362787X
- 9781503627888 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020037819
- OCLC
- 1176326363
- Author
- Hamlin, Rebecca, author.
- Title
- Crossing : how we label and react to people on the move / Rebecca Hamlin.
- Publisher
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-189) and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Hamlin, Rebecca. Crossing. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021 9781503627888 (OCoLC)1239980572
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR K3275 .H36 2021