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Sanctuary City: A Suspended State
Jennifer J. Bagelman
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Description for Sanctuary City: A Suspended State
Hardback. This book traces the ancient concept of sanctuary. It examines how the contemporary sanctuary city movement contributes to a hostile asylum regime by holding asylum seekers in a suspended state where rights are indefinitely deferred. At the same time, it explores myriad subversive practices challenging this waiting state. Series: Mobility and Politics. Num Pages: 166 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSG; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
This book traces the ancient concept of sanctuary. It examines how the contemporary sanctuary city movement contributes to a hostile asylum regime by holding asylum seekers in a suspended state where rights are indefinitely deferred. At the same time, it explores myriad subversive practices challenging this waiting state.
This book traces the ancient concept of sanctuary. It examines how the contemporary sanctuary city movement contributes to a hostile asylum regime by holding asylum seekers in a suspended state where rights are indefinitely deferred. At the same time, it explores myriad subversive practices challenging this waiting state.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Mobility and Politics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137480378
SKU
V9781137480378
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Ref
99-15
About Jennifer J. Bagelman
Jennifer J. Bagelman is Temporary Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Victoria, Canada, and SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Previously, she taught at the University of Durham, UK. Jennifer is currently researching the experiential geographies of emergency food provisioning within refugee camps.
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