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Contesting citizenship [electronic resource] : irregular migrants and new frontiers of the political / Anne McNevin.

By: McNevin, Anne.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2011Description: x, 223 p.Subject(s): Emigration and immigration -- Government policy | Citizenship | Illegal aliensGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 325 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Irregular migrants and new frontiers of the political -- The globalizing state : remaking sovereignty and citizenship -- Policing Australia's borders : new terrains of sovereign practice -- Acts of contestation : the sans-papiers of France -- From city to citizen : modes of belonging in the United States -- Conclusion : contentious spaces of political belonging.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Irregular migrants and new frontiers of the political -- The globalizing state : remaking sovereignty and citizenship -- Policing Australia's borders : new terrains of sovereign practice -- Acts of contestation : the sans-papiers of France -- From city to citizen : modes of belonging in the United States -- Conclusion : contentious spaces of political belonging.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.