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Governing Migration Through Paperwork

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

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Publisher's 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781805396116
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 342.082
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20240511
Language: English
Number of pages: 172
Weight: 413g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 11mm