Sanctuary city : a suspended state / Jennifer J. Bagelman.
2016
KZ6530 .B34 2016
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Title
Sanctuary city : a suspended state / Jennifer J. Bagelman.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781137480385 (electronic book)
1137480386 (electronic book)
9781137480378
1137480378
1137480386 (electronic book)
9781137480378
1137480378
Published
New York, NY ; Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
KZ6530 .B34 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.8709414/4
Summary
Sanctuary City: A Suspended State traces the ancient concept of sanctuary up to the present day revealing how the contemporary and supposedly hospitable 'sanctuary city' inadvertently entrenches a hostile asylum regime. This book specifically explores the UK-based sanctuary movement with a focus on Glasgow, host to the largest population of asylum seekers in the UK. Based on ethnographic research this book examines how sanctuary renders intractable the serious problem of protracted waiting, indefinitely deferring the rights of asylum seekers. Whilst illuminating how sanctuary functions as a technology that suspends many lives, this book also explores how the sanctuary city might politically challenge this waiting state.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Mobility & politics.
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