-About this book
Border control continues to be a highly contested and politically charged subject around the world. This collection of essays challenges reactionary nationalism by making the positive case for the benefits of free movement for countries on both ends of the exchange. Open Borders counters the knee-jerk reaction to build walls and close borders by arguing that there is not a moral, legal, philosophical, or economic case for limiting the movement of human beings at borders.
The volume brings together essays by theorists in anthropology, geography, international relations, and other fields who argue for open borders with writings by activists who are working to make safe passage a reality on the ground. It puts forward a clear, concise, and convincing case for a world without movement restrictions at borders.
The essays in the first part of the volume make a theoretical case for free movement by analyzing philosophical, legal, and moral arguments for opening borders. In doing so, they articulate a sustained critique of the dominant idea that states should favor the rights of their own citizens over the rights of all human beings.
The second part sketches out the current situation in the European Union, in states that have erected border walls, in states that have adopted a policy of inclusion such as Germany and Uganda, and elsewhere in the world to demonstrate the consequences of the current regime of movement restrictions at borders.
The third part creates a dialogue between theorists and activists, examining the work of Calais Migrant Solidarity, No Borders Morocco, activists in sanctuary cities, and others who contest border restrictions on the ground.
-contents
Introduction 1
part 1: Why Borders Should Be Open
chapter 1 Sanctuary, Solidarity, Status! 23
Thomas Nail
chapter 2 In Defense of Illegal Immigration 34
Michael Huemer
chapter 3 Toward a Politics of Freedom of Movement 51
Charles Heller, Lorenzo Pezzani,
and Maurice Stierl
chapter 4 Dispossessing Citizenship 77
Nandita Sharma
chapter 5 Prison Abolitionist Perspectives on No Borders 89
Jenna M. Loyd
chapter 6 Habeas Corpus and the New Abolitionism 110
Jacqueline Stevens
part 2: The Problem with Borders
chapter 7 Migration as Reparations 129
Joseph Nevins
chapter 8 Médecins Sans Frontières and the Practice of
Universalist Humanitarianism 141
Polly Pallister-Wilkins
chapter 9 Border Walls and the Illusion of Deterrence 156
Elisabeth Vallet
chapter 10 Open Internal Borders and Closed External
Borders in the EU 169
Said Saddiki and Meryem Lakhdar
chapter 11 Crumbling Walls and Mass Migration in the
Twenty-First Century, Christine Leuenberger 177 part 3: Activism for Free Movement
chapter 12 Asylum Reporting as a Site of Anxiety,
Detention, and Solidarity 193
Andrew Burridge
chapter 13 Radical Migrant Solidarity in Calais 213
Natasha King
chapter 14 Violence, Resistance, and Bozas at the
Spanish-Moroccan Border 228
No Borders Morocco
chapter 15 Comunicados desde Chicagoiguala 241
Semillas Autónomas
chapter 16 Sanctuary Cities and Sanctuary Power 250
Peter Mancina
conclusion In Defense of Free Movement
Reece Jones 264
Contributors 273
–caractéristiques
Date de parution :1 Février 2019
N.des pages : 297 pages
éditeur: University of Georgia Press
ASIN : B07MBH91KL
Language : English
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