
Border abolitionism
Migrants' containment and the genealogies of struggles and rescue
- 200 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Border abolitionism
Migrants' containment and the genealogies of struggles and rescue
About this book
Building on an abolitionist perspective, this book offers an essential critique of migration and border policies, unsettling the distinction between migrants and citizens. This is the only book that brings together carceral abolitionist debates and critical migration literature. It explores the multiplication of modes of migration confinement and detention in Europe, examining how these are justified in the name of migrants' protection. It argues that the collective memory of past struggles has partly informed current solidarity movements in support of migrants. A grounded critique of migration policies involves challenging the idea that migrants' rights go to the detriment of citizens. An abolitionist approach to borders entails situating the right to mobility as part of struggle for the commons.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The zero-sum rights game: border abolitionism as an analytical gaze
- 2 āConfine to protectā: hybrid spaces of migration containment
- 3 Participatory confinement: extractive humanitarianism and asylum seekersā unpaid labour
- 4 Towards a genealogy of migrant struggles and border violence
- 5 A history of mountain runaways and rescue: migrants at the Alpine border
- Conclusion
- References
- Index