Migrant Workers as Non-Citizens: The Case against Citizenship as a Social Policy Concept

Baines, Donna; Sharma, Nandita

doi:10.1080/19187033.2002.11675181

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“…A No Borders perspective insists that people should not be categorised through inherently exclusionary state forms of identification such as 'migrant' or 'citizen' (Baines and Sharma 2002). In other words, a No Borders perspective argues for demolishing any kind of citizenship categorisation as a precondition of social protection, and, relatedly, for being social.…”

Section: Knowledge Gaps In Research On the Migration-security Nexusmentioning

confidence: 99%

The intersection of social protection and mobilities: a move towards a ‘Practical Utopia’ research agenda

2018

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Currently, a number of contributions in mobility studies are looking for fruitful intersections with other 'adjacent' approaches . In this spirit, our theoretical paper argues to study one particular aspect: the intersection of social protection and mobilities. Currently, the provision of social services in the 'West' is strongly entrenched within nation-state logics, which assume that clients' immobility is a precondition of service delivery and that national citizenship is the desirable conditionality of gaining social rights. To overcome such a wide-spread conflation of social security with state security, we introduce the heuristic concept 'social protection' . It allows social security to be imagined beyond a state-centric perspective and avoids the pitfalls of either a citizenship or a migration approach by taking on a mobility perspective. Thus, for scholars anchored in mobility studies we propose how to develop a social security perspective in a progressive way. For readers from other areas, e.g. citizenship, migration or social policy, we will show how a mobility perspective enriched by a No Border approach can overcome a narrow Western, statist and static perspective on social security. Our goal is to conceptually open up what we call a 'practical utopia' research agenda, one that expands our political horizons for future and present socialities.

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Section: Knowledge Gaps In Research On the Migration-security Nexusmentioning

confidence: 99%

The intersection of social protection and mobilities: a move towards a ‘Practical Utopia’ research agenda

2018

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“…Nation-statecentric perspectives fall short in examining the dynamic and intrinsically transnational welfare institutions and processes (Kettunen & Petersen, 2011). Moreover, "methodological nationalism" built in social policy analysis has been intertwined with nationalism underlying the practice of designing social policies and contributes to the growing disjuncture between sedentary welfare systems and transnational citizens (Baines & Sharma, 2002).…”

Section: Transnational Histories Of Social Work and Social Welfare -Amentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A growing body of research that examines social work and social policy as historically contingent and intrinsically transnational fields offers illuminating insights into the role of cross-border movements of ideas, people, and resources in shaping welfare institutions (Chambon, Johnstone, & Köngeter, 2015;Bryce, 2015;Fox, 2010). Moreover, transnational perspectives have been instrumental in developing powerful critique of the shortcomings of social work and welfare provisions of nation-states (Baines & Sharma, 2002).…”

Section: Transnational Histories Of Social Work and Social Welfare -Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Transnational histories of social work and social welfare – An introduction

Chambon

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2016

Transnational Social Review

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“…They range from limited eligibility for programs, to systemic barriers within the health and social service networks, to socio-economic and cultural factors of discrimination or disconnect (Oxman-Martinez et al, 2005;Baines & Sharma, 2002;Zaman, 2004;Pierre, 2005). Issues of gender and immigration status have been shown to be of particular importance in understanding the barriers to health and social wellbeing (Preibisch, 2005;Guruge & Khanlou, 2004).…”

Section: Exclusion Of Migrant Workers From Social Protectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%