Human Rights, Refugee Protest and Immigration Detention
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- Synopsis
- This bookbuilds a compelling picture of injustices inside immigration detention centers,within the context of the rise of the use of immigration detention in the GlobalNorth. The author presents the rarely heard voices of refugees, bringing theirperspectives to light and personalising and humanising a global politicalissue. Based onin-depth interviews with formerly detained refugees who were involved in a widerange of protests, such as sit-ins and non-compliance, hunger strikes, lipsewing, escapes and riots, Human Rights, Refugee Protest and ImmigrationDetention presents a comprehensive insight into immigrationdetention and protest. Drawingon the work of Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt, the book challengescontemporary human rights discourses which institutionalise power and will be amust-read for scholars, advocates and policymakers engaged in debates aboutimmigration detention and forced migration.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781137580962
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 03/25/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.