Migration, Borders and Citizenship, 1st ed. 2020
Between Policy and Public Spheres
Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series

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This edited collection goes beyond the limited definition of borders as simply dividing lines across states, to uncover another, yet related, type of division: one that separates policies and institutions from public debate and contestation. 

Bringing together expertise from established and emerging academics, it examines the fluid and varied borderscape across policy and the public domains. The chapters encompass a wide range of analyses that covers local, national and transnational frameworks, policies and private actors. In doing so, Migration, Borders and Citizenship reveals the tensions between border control and state economic interests; legal frameworks designed to contain criminality and solidarity movements; international conventions, national constitutions and local migration governance; and democratic and exclusive constructions of citizenship. 

This novel approach to the politics of borders willappeal to sociologists, political scientists and geographers working in the fields of migration, citizenship, urban geography and human rights; in addition to students and scholars of security studies and international relations.


1. The Politics of Borders and the Border of Politics: A Conceptual Framework; Maurizio Ambrosini, Manlio Cinalli, David Jacobson.- 2. From Borders to Seams: The Role of Citizenship; Manlio Cinalli, David Jacobson.- 3. Borders and Migrations: The Fundamental Contradictions; Catherine Wihtol de Wenden.- 4. "Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote!": Contested Denizenship, Immigration Federalism, and the Dreamers; Jamie Goodwin-White.- 5. 'Solidarity Crime' at the Border: A Lesson from France; Olivia Müller.- 6. Solidarities in Transit on the French-Italian Border: Ethnographic Accounts from Ventimiglia and the Roya Valley; Luca Giliberti, Luca Queirolo Palmas.- 7. Border Troubles: Medical Expertise in the Hotspots; Jacopo Anderlini.- 8. The Two Dimensions of the Border: An Empirical Study France-Italy; Carlo De Nuzzo.- 9. The Local Governance of Immigration and Asylum: Policies of Exclusion as a Battleground; Maurizio Ambrosini.- 10. The Border(s) Within: Formal and InformalProcesses of Status Production, Negotiation and Contestation in a Migratory Context; Paola Bonizzoni.- 11. Cities of Exclusion: Are Local Authorities Refusing Asylum Seekers?; Chiara Marchetti.- 12. Symbolic Laws, Street-level Actors: Everyday Bordering in Dutch Participation Declaration Workshops; Barbara Oomen, Emma Leenders.- 13. Research on Migration, Borders and Citizenship: The Way Ahead; Maurizio Ambrosini, Manlio Cinalli, David Jacobson.


Maurizio Ambrosini is Professor of Sociology of Migration at the University of Milan, Italy, and Chargé d’enseignement at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France.

Manlio Cinalli is Professor of Sociology at the University of Milan, Italy and Associate Research Director at CEVIPOF, Sciences Po Paris, France.

David Jacobson is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Florida, USA.



Takes a novel approach to border studies by focusing on the disjunctions between how this is tackled in the policy and public domains Examines wide range of international conventions, national frameworks, local policies and private civil society actors Advances key debates on the criminalization of solidarity, local migration governance, denizenship and the construction of citizenship