Migrant Protest
Interactive Dynamics in Precarious Mobilizations
Auteur
Steinhilper, Elias
Language
EnglishRésumé
Migrant protest has proliferated worldwide in the last two decades, explicitly posing questions of identity, rights, and equality in a globalized world. Nonetheless, such mobilizations are considered anomalies in social movement studies, and political sociology more broadly, due to 'weak interests' and a particularly disadvantageous position of 'outsiders' to claim rights connected to citizenship. In an attempt to address this seeming paradox, this book explores the interactions and spaces shaping the emergence, trajectory, and fragmentation of migrant protest in unfavourable contexts of marginalization. Such a perspective unveils both the odds of precarious mobilizations, and the ways they can be temporarily overcome. While adopting the encompassing terminology of 'migrant', the book focusses on precarious migrants, including both asylum seekers and 'illegalized' migrants.
Keywords
Social Movements; Protest; MigrationPublisher
Amsterdam University PressPublisher website
www.aup.nlPublication date and place
2021Series
Protest and Social Movements,Classification
Social and ethical issues
Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action
Political activism / Political engagement