Diego Acosta

National versus the Foreigner in South America (eBook, ePUB)

200 Years of Migration and Citizenship Law

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Since the turn of the century, South American governments and regional organisations have adopted the world's most open discourse on migration and citizenship. At a time when restrictive choices were becoming increasingly predominant around the world, South American policymakers presented their discourse as being both an innovative and exceptional 'new paradigm' and part of a morally superior, avant-garde path in policymaking. This book provides a critical examination of the South American legal framework through a historical and comparative analysis. Diego Acosta uses this analysis to assess whether the laws are truly innovative and exceptional, as well as evaluating their feasibility, strengths and weaknesses. By analysing the legal construction of the national and the foreigner in ten South American countries during the last two centuries, he demonstrates how different citizenship and migration laws have functioned, as well as showing why states have opted for certain regulation choices, and the consequence of these choices for state- and nation-building in the continent. An invaluable insight for anyone interested in global migration and citizenship discussions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108649582
• Artikelnr.: 53515938

Autorenporträt

Diego Acosta is a Reader in European and Migration Law at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

1. South America's central role in migration and citizenship law; Part I.
The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: 2. Open borders in the nineteenth
century: constructing the national, the citizen and the foreigner; 3. The
construction of the Hispano-American legal figure in the nineteenth
century; 4. The legal construction of the foreigner as undesirable in
twentieth century South America; Part II. Consolidation and Transition into
the Twenty-First Century: 5. The construction of the irregular immigrant:
the principle of non-criminalisation of undocumented migration; 6. The
right to migrate as a fundamental right? The construction of the foreigner
through equal treatment; 7. Open borders and the construction of a South
American citizen; 8. Conclusion: constructing and deconstructing the
foreigner: an innovative and exceptional approach?