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Governing Migration Through Paperwork: Legitimation Practices, Exclusive Inclusion and Differentiation (Lifeworlds: Knowledges, Politics, Histories, 6)

 
9781805396116: Governing Migration Through Paperwork: Legitimation Practices, Exclusive Inclusion and Differentiation (Lifeworlds: Knowledges, Politics, Histories, 6)
ISBN 10: 1805396110 ISBN 13: 9781805396116
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2024

Synopsis

To better understand migration governance and the concrete, daily practices of civil servants tasked with enforcing state laws and policies, it is important to focus on documents, which are core artefacts of bureaucratic work. These can include certificates, letters, reports, case files, decisions, internal guidelines and judgements in both digital and paper form. Based on ethnographic studies in various geographical and bureaucratic contexts, this collection shows how civil servants produce statehood, restrict migrants’ movements and engage with migrants’ strategies to make themselves legible. It contributes to the study of the state as documentary practice and highlights the role of paperwork as a powerful practice of migration control.

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About the Authors

Sophie Andreetta is an FRS-FNRS Research Associate at the University of Liège, Belgium.



Lisa Marie Borrelli is Associate Professor at the University of Applied Science – HES-SO Valais, Institute of Social Work, Switzerland.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1805396110
ISBN 13 
9781805396116
Binding
Library Binding
Edition number
1
Number of pages
178
Editor
Andreetta Sophie, Borrelli Lisa Marie