The securitisation of migration in Western states has resulted in an array of restrictive laws
and policies that raise important questions about the relationship between protection and …

The paper examines the effects of intersecting social divisions on constructions of multi‐
layered citizenships and the politics of belonging in contemporary Britain. It starts with …

Controlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states
and a highly contentious issue in social and political life. But controlling borders is about …

The article argues that everyday bordering has become a major technology of control of both
social diversity and discourses on diversity, in a way that threatens the convivial co …

The project behind this book started shortly after Gender and Nation (1997, Sage) was
published, although it took quite a few years before it was crystallized into this format. In a …

Few recent phenomena have proved as emblematic of our era, and as little understood, as
globalization. Are nation-states being transformed by globalization into a single globalized …

All societies that maintain armies maintain the belief that some things are more valuable
than life itself. Just what is so valued varies. In previous times, wars were fought for causes …

Writing this book has been, in some ways, a culmination of many years of work-both
academically and politically-in the areas of gender and ethnic studies. The original impetus …

Yuval-Davis outlines an analytical framework for the study of belonging and the politics of
belonging. Her article is divided into three interconnected parts. The first explores the notion …

News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly
Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once their own and destroying …