Rights, deportation, and detention in the age of immigration control / / Tom K. Wong
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| Autore: |
Wong Tom K.
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| Titolo: |
Rights, deportation, and detention in the age of immigration control / / Tom K. Wong
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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 325 |
| Soggetto topico: | Emigration and immigration - Government policy |
| Emigration and immigration law | |
| Immigrants - Civil rights | |
| Deportation | |
| Noncitizen detention centers | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Selected Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Immigration Control in the Age of Migration -- 2. Human Rights and Immigration Control Wrongs -- 3. Deportation Nations -- 4. The Labyrinth of Immigration Detention -- 5. An Effective Deterrent or Smoke and Mirrors? -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Methodological Notes in the Analysis of Ratification of the ICRMW -- Appendix 2. Methodological Notes in the Analysis of Deportations -- Appendix 3. Methodological Notes in the Analysis of Immigration Detention -- Appendix 4. Methodological Notes in the Analysis of the Impact of Immigration Control -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Immigration is among the most prominent, enduring, and contentious features of our globalized world. Yet, there is little systematic, cross-national research on why countries ""do what they do"" when it comes to their immigration policies. Rights, Deportation, and Detention in the Age of Immigration Control addresses this gap by examining what are arguably the most contested and dynamic immigration policies-immigration control-across 25 immigrant-receiving countries, including the U.S. and most of the European Union. The book addresses head on three of the most salient aspects of immigration c |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rights, deportation, and detention in the age of immigration control |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-9457-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797187503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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