Crossing: How We Label and React to People on the Move

Rebecca Hamlin

Published by Stanford University Press 2021

Crossing

How We Label and React to People on the Move

Rebecca Hamlin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503627888

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About this book

The first in-depth exploration of the persistence and pervasiveness of a dangerous legal fiction about people who cross borders: the binary distinction between migrant and refugee.

Author / Editor information

Rebecca Hamlin is Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the author of Let Me Be a Refugee (2014).

Reviews

Elizabeth F. Cohen:
"Crossing is a theoretically rich, historically informed, and empirically sweeping corrective to misleading narratives about forced versus voluntary migration and the legal realities they generate. Rebecca Hamlin excavates the deep harms done by imposing distorting categories on the diverse realities of migrant lives and shows us how better language and laws will benefit everyone."

Hiroshi Motomura:
"A remarkable book. Hamlin applies deep insight and meticulous research to explore the expedient but misleading wisdom that sharply distinguishes refugees from migrants. This is essential reading for anyone eager for a pathbreaking and surely influential perspective on migration in the twenty-first century."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1 The Migrant/Refugee Binary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Uneven Sovereignties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 Academic Study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
5 The Global South Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
6 Arrivals in Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
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Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
Keywords: Migrant; refugee; asylum; immigration; categorization; labeling; rhetoric

eBook

Published: May 11, 2021
ISBN: 9781503627888