Lucy Mayblin

Asylum after Empire

Colonial Legacies in the Politics of Asylum Seeking

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Produktbeschreibung

This book critiques existing literature on the response of Western states to asylum seeking 'others' and outlines an alternative perspective to acknowledge the colonial histories that have shaped the contemporary response of states to movements of refugees.

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Produktdetails

• Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781783486151
• ISBN-10: 1783486155
• Artikelnr.: 43491087

Autorenporträt

Dr. Lucy Mayblin is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. She holds degrees in Human Geography, European Studies, Social Research Methods and Sociology. She is co-convenor of the British Sociological Association's Study Group on Diaspora, Migration and Transnationalism, has been Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, and 2015-2018 holds a prestigious ESRC Future Research Leaders fellowship for research in to the economic rights of asylum seekers. This book is based on her doctoral research, which was funded by the ESRC.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Asylum 'Problem'
3. Decolonising the 'Problem': An Alternative Standpoint for Analysing the Exclusionary Politics of Asylum
4. The British Empire and the Right to be Human
5. Colonialism, the League of Nations and Race Equality
6. The United Nations and the Right to be Human
7. Future Directions for Policy
8. Asylum After Empire