McNevin, Anne.

Contesting citizenship : irregular migrants and new frontiers of the political / Anne McNevin. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2011. - x, 223 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-218) 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.

9780231151283 (alk. paper) 9780231522243 (ebook)


Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
Citizenship.
Illegal aliens.

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