Migration and the Contested Politics of Justice. Europe and the Global Dimension

This book discusses the politics of justice in relation to migration address- ing both the controversies of governance and the active role of migrants’ struggles in shaping the materiality of justice. Considering justice and migration as globally contested fields, the book questions received wisdoms of European migration politics, including images of a migratory ‘crises’ and the spurious pretensions of controlling and governing mobility. Gathering global scholars from migration stud- ies, international relations and critical theory, as well as social activists, it advances an extended concept of contestation that goes beyond the sim- ple clash of interests between national and international political actors. As such the book expands the discourse to a wider politics of justice and advances different angles and methodological perspectives from which to question purely normative conceptions of justice. Looking beyond the sim- ple transformations in laws and regulations, the book updates the debate on migration adopting a global perspective. This book is of key interest to scholars and students of migration studies, European studies, global justice, and labour, gender and EU studies.