Citizenship, migrant activism and the politics of movement: [ ... book is the product of a Workshop "Putting Citizenship in Motion", held at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, in October 2009]

1. Securitized migrants and postcolonial (in)difference : the politics of activisms among North African migrants in France / Alina Sajed -- 2. Claiming rights, asserting belonging : contesting citizenship in the UK / Ruth Grove-White -- 3. Ungrateful subjects? Refugee protests and the logic of gratitude / Carolina Moulin -- 4. 'We are all foreigners' : no borders as a practical political project / Bridget Anderson, Nandita Sharma and Cynthia Wright -- 5. Ethnography and human rights : the experience of APDHA with Nigerian sex workers in Andalucia / Estefania Acien Gonzalez -- 6. Moments of solidarity, migrant activism and (non)citizens at global borders : political agency at Tanzanian refugee camps, Australian detention centres and European borders / Heather Johnson -- 7. Building a sanctuary city : municipal migrant rights in the city of Toronto / Jean McDonald -- 8. Taking not waiting : space, temporality and politics in the city of sanctuary movement / Vicki Squire and Jennifer Bagelman -- 9. Undocumented citizens? Shifting grounds of citizenship in Los Angeles / Anne McNevin.

Migration is an inescapable issue in the public debates and political agendas of Western countries, with refugees and migrants increasingly viewed through the lens of security. This book analyses recent shifts in governing global mobility from the perspective of the politics of citizenship, utilising an interdisciplinary approach that employs politics, sociology, anthropology, and history. Featuring an international group of leading and emerging researchers working on the intersection of migrant politics and citizenship studies, this book investigates how restrictions on mobility are not only