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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136628203321

Autore

King Natasha (Writer on political science)

Titolo

No borders : the politics of immigration control and resistance / / Natasha King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22153-8

1-78360-470-0

1-78360-467-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

325.4

Soggetti

Migration, immigration & emigration

Europe Emigration and immigration Political aspects

Europe Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- What Is a No Borders Politics? -- No Borders Politics in Practice: The No Borders Movement as a Spectrum of Action -- The Struggle for Mobility in Athens -- The Struggle for Mobility in Calais -- Conclusions: So What Is a No Borders Politics? -- Afterword.

Sommario/riassunto

A highly original and provocative examination of 'no borders politics' and what this means within current contentious debates on migration.

In No Borders, Natasha King draws on more than a decade of experience as a migrant rights activist as well as extensive research in Greece and Calais in order to explore the dilemmas and challenges involved in translating the "No Borders" slogan into practice. What does it mean to try to make this idea a reality? To answer that, she examines where and how activists have so far succeeded, and the difficulties that are currently holding them back. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, No Borders is vital reading for anyone interested in how to make radical alternatives a genuine possibility for our times. Raising crucial questions about the nature of resistance, King shows that, far from being an idle fantasy, the ideal of a world without borders is very much of the here and now. -- Provided by publisher.