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Migration, Citizenship and the Challenge for Security

Part of the Palgrave Studies in International Relations Series Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/9781137495969

ISBN: 978-1-349-50498-5

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Nov 8, 2015

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Introduction: Producing Knowledge in International Security Studies

Innes, Alexandria J.

Pages: 1 –19

[Looking around Viktoria Square in the centre of Athens on a summer morning in 2010, one can clearly see the realities of international migration. Viktoria Square is not where the various embassies are located in the Greek capital. Nor is it a commercial or financial centre. The migration that is...
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The Problem of Migration for Security Studies

Innes, Alexandria J.

Pages: 20 –40

[In this chapter I establish my argument in the context of existing literature in feminist and critical security studies in international relations. I begin by exploring conceptualizations of security, moving through objectivist and universalist iterations, discursive approaches, and the feminist...
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Insecurity and Asylum Seeker Identity

Innes, Alexandria J.

Pages: 41 –65

[This question was put to me by Mark, an asylum seeker from Burundi who had a long and frustrating experience seeking asylum in the UK. He possessed no identification documents. The UK did not accept his testimony as credible because the immigration officer to whom he had given his testimony did...
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Human Rights, Mobile Humans: A Critical Reading of Mobility and Access to Rights

Innes, Alexandria J.

Pages: 66 –89

[Chapter 1 demonstrated the problem migration poses for security studies and articulated an alternative way of conceptualizing security that is capable of moving beyond the state. Chapter 2 then excavated the process of seeking security and the paradox brought about by the journey to seek...
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States in a World of Asylum Seekers: Agency, Rights, Security

Innes, Alexandria J.

Pages: 90 –112

[Chapter 3 established the value of a performative approach to conceptualize security, attending to human rights through the prism of migration. This chapter looks in detail at the development of the right to seek asylum from persecution. As was noted in Chapter 2, it is necessary to problematize...
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Performing Security, Theorizing Security

Innes, Alexandria J.

Pages: 113 –138

[The preceding chapters have established the problems migration poses for extant theories and conceptualizations of security and of human rights, and the particular problem created in the separation of forced and voluntary migration. In Chapter 2 the empirical focus was on the journey to seek...
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Conclusion

Innes, Alexandria J.

Pages: 139 –150

[Although this volume began in sunny Viktoria Square in Athens, the image presented by Oily in the above quote captures the gloomy British summertime typical of Newcastle. While Newcastle is a wonderful place, it is not a typical international city. It is not a ‘destination.’ Yet, as a British...

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