ISBN
978-1529243567Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529243581Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Migration and Mobile Rights
Migrant activism is key in today’s world, where countries in the Global North employ border regimes to reinforce racial hierarchies, limit freedom of movement and exploit migrant labour. But how do migrant-led movements engage with human rights—do they see them as limited tools, or as frameworks that can be reimagined in the fight for border justice?
In this compelling study, Perolini critically examines the various ways migrants challenge these border regimes and highlights the transformative potential of constructing human rights from below, moving beyond the state and legal norms.
Drawing on rich ethnographic research in Berlin, the book offers a fresh and provocative perspective on the intersections of migrant activism, human rights and racial and border justice
Marco Perolini is a human rights research and policy specialist and he is a Visiting Fellow with LSE Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Introduction: Why Human Rights Still Matter
1. Human Rights for Whom and By Whom? Different Approaches to Human Rights in Migrant Activism
2. Racism, Migration and Collective Resistance in Germany
3. With or Without the State? The Relationship Between Grassroots Migrant Activism and the State
4. Flirting with the Law? The Ambiguous Relationship Between Grassroots Migrant Activism and the Legal Human Rights System
5. Non-Reformist Reforms and Border Abolitionism: The Multiscalar Approach to Human Rights Within Migrant Activism
Conclusion: What Other Movements Can Learn from a Multiscalar Approach to Human Rights?
