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Author:   Thomas Spijkerboer ,  Sarah Van Walsum
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge Cavendish
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781904385646

ISBN 10:   1904385648
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   30 November 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Global Context Border Rights and Rites. Generalizations, Stereotypes and Gendered Migration. Citizenship, Noncitizenship and the Status of the Foreign Domestic. Gendered Borders and United States' Sovereignty Part II: European Perspectives Gendered Violence in 'New Wars': Challenges to the Refugee Convention. Problematizing Trafficking for the Sex Sector: A Case of Eastern European Women in the EU. A Migrant World of Services. Gender, Migration and Class: Why 'live-in' Domestic Workers are not Compensated for Overtime? The Case of Mrs Boultif: The Right to Domicile of Women with a Migrant Partner in European Immigration Law Part III: National Case Studies Transnational Contingency: The Domestic Work of Migrant Women in Austria. Response and Responsibility: Domestic Violence and Marriage Migration in the UK. French Immigration Laws: The Sans-Papires Perspectives. Crossing Borders: Gender, Citizenship and Reproductive Autonomy in Ireland. Socio-Political and Legal Representations of Migrant Women Sex Labourers in Italy: Between Discourse and Praxis.

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""This book provides a refreshing approach to issues relating to women subject to immigration law...it effectively confirms that immigration law can be rejuvenated through the feminist lens and shows how the experiences of migrant women can advance feminist thinking...This book deserves the attention of anyone interested in gender, law and migration."" - Vanessa Bettinson and Alwyn Jones, Jounal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, Vol 22, no 2.

<p> This book provides a refreshing approach to issues relating to women subject to immigration law...it effectively confirms that immigration law can be rejuvenated through the feminist lens and shows how the experiences of migrant women can advance feminist thinking...This book deserves the attention of anyone interested in gender, law and migration. - Vanessa Bettinson and Alwyn Jones, Jounal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, Vol 22, no 2.

"""This book provides a refreshing approach to issues relating to women subject to immigration law...it effectively confirms that immigration law can be rejuvenated through the feminist lens and shows how the experiences of migrant women can advance feminist thinking...This book deserves the attention of anyone interested in gender, law and migration."" - Vanessa Bettinson and Alwyn Jones, Jounal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, Vol 22, no 2."

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Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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