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Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City

Liza Schuster of the University of London reviews Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City by Alice Bloch and Sonia McKay. Focusing on London-based migrants and their employers, Bloch and McKay expose the contradictions in policy and...

Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain

Amon Emeka of Skidmore College reviews Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain by Onoso Imoagene. Imoagene delves into the multifaceted identities of second-generation Nigerian adults in the United States and Britain. She argues that they conceive...

Irregular Migration. The Dilemmas of Transnational Mobility

Thomas Faist of the University of Toronto reviews Irregular Migration. The Dilemmas of Transnational Mobility by Bill Jordan and Franck Düvell. Bill Jordan and Franck Düvell provide a theoretical framework for the analysis of mobility and border crossings in an...

Defining British Citizenship. Empire, Commonwealth and Modern Britain

Jeannette Money of University of California, Davis reviews Defining British Citizenship. Empire, Commonwealth and Modern Britain by Rieko Karatani. Rieko Karatani seeks to explain the immigration and citizenship policies in Britain that repeatedly postponed the creation of British citizenship until 1981....

Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum

Elena Vacchelli of University of Greenwich reviews Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum by Cynthia Cockburn. Cynthia Cockburn discusses how London is celebrated as one of the most ethnically diverse capitals in the world and has been a...

Unmaking Citizens: The Expansion of Citizenship Revocation in Response to Terrorism

Introduction “They hold us in contempt. They hold our values in contempt. They hold our belief in tolerance and decency in contempt. They hold our democracy, the means by which we will make our decision tonight, in contempt. And what...

Enduring Uncertainty: Deportation, Punishment and Everyday Life

Bridget Holtom of the University of Glasgow reviews Enduring Uncertainty: Deportation, Punishment and Everyday Life, by Ines Hasselberg. Dr. Hasselberg focuses on the lived experience of immigration policy and processes, and provides insights into the deportation process as it is felt...