Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Citazione:
Civil Society Actors and the 2020 Italian Amnesty: Bordering to Deborder? / P. Bonizzoni, M.H.J. Hajer. - In: JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL STUDIES. - ISSN 0725-6868. - 44:1(2023 Jan), pp. 44-60. [10.1080/07256868.2022.2134317]
Abstract:
Using the 2020 regularisation of irregular migrant workers in Italy as a case study, the paper inquires about the role of Civil Society Actors (hereafter CSAs) in (de/re)bordering processes. Conceptualising borders as filters that draw distinctions through the sociocultural, legal and administrative constructs of deservingness entailed by immigration policymaking, the paper shows that, when implementing the regularisation programme, CSAs reproduce governmental distinctions between deserving and undeserving migrant workers and employers. However, CSAs can also find ways to challenge or circumvent internal borders, broadening the range of legitimate potential applicants through more or less visible and confrontational struggles, bending or even breaking the rules. In doing so, they redefine internal borders through alternative definitions of migrants’ deservingness.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Borders; civil society; immigration policies; amnesties
Elenco autori:
P. Bonizzoni, M.H.J. Hajer
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