In a protracted displacement situation, refugees are sequestered in camps without right of mobility or employment; their lives remain on hold and stagnate in a state of limbo for a long period. This book reviews the situation and results of research and policies that have left refugees as a forgotten group in protracted situations. The work … Continue reading Protracted Displacement in Asia: No Place to Call Home
Highly topical in subject matter, Asylum Seekers and the State reveals immigration policy as a political process which has social consequences not only for the newcomer group, but also for the wider receiver society. This work considers the obligations which receiver societies have for considering refugee claims, but at the same time assesses contemporary security … Continue reading Asylum Seekers and the State: The Politics of Protection in a Security-Conscious World
Edited by Alan Ingram, University College London, UK and Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway University of London, UK Series : Critical Geopolitics Drawing on critical geopolitics and related strands of social theory, this book combines new case studies with theoretical and methodological reflections on the geographical analysis of security and insecurity. It brings together … Continue reading Circular unease: The self-sustaining production of security concerns at Britain’s Immigration and Nationality Directorate HQ.
The book critically appraises the liberties of citizens and others within the EU, and the different ways in which they are affected by the proliferation of discourses, practices and norms of insecurity enacted in the name of collective and individual safety. It analyses from an interdisciplinary perspective the impacts of new techniques of surveillance and … Continue reading Europe’s 21st century challenge: Delivering liberty and security.
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