Sara R. Farris examines the demands for women's rights from an unlikely collection of right-
wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policy makers …

The chapter critically reviews some themes arising from different streams of literature having
tackled, in recent years, states' efforts to reproduce their national identities regulating the …

The introduction to this special issue traces class at the interface between migration policy
and migrant strategies. Scholarship on the politics of migration and citizenship has thus far …

This chapter reviews different streams of literature at the crossroad of border and citizenship
studies, to offer a comprehensive understanding on what has been defined as the “internal …

Marriages that involve the migration of at least one of the spouses challenge two intersecting
facets of the politics of belonging: the making of the 'good and legitimate citizens' and the …

“Family migration” and “integration” are intimately related concepts in policy discourses in
Europe today. Assumptions about the relation between “family migration” and “integration” …

The formulation of immigration and integration policies is indispensably tied to the naming of
immigrants, thereby differentiating between them. Categories form the backbone of policies …

In this introduction to the special issue Contested Categories in the Context of International
Migration, we argue for the importance of critically engaging with state-created categories …

This special issue investigates citizenship and belonging in mixed-status families, ie families
consisting of both citizens and non-citizens. We critique the standard perception of …

This article focuses on the role of bureaucrats in Finnish immigration administration and
sheds light on how they evaluate family relations of marriage migrants. It is based on …