Liberating Temporariness?: Migration, Work, and Citizenship in an Age of Insecurity

by Valerie Preston, Robert Latham, Leah F. Vosko, et al.

Liberating Temporariness? explores the complex ways in which temporariness is being institutionalized as a condition of life for a growing number of people worldwide. The collection emphasizes contemporary developments, but also provides historical context on nation-state membership as the fundamental means for accessing rights in an era of expanding temporariness - in recognition of why pathways to permanence remain so compelling. Through empirical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773543821
• ISBN13: 9780773543829
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"