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- Presents rare, first-hand accounts of experiences in immigration detention centres
- Highlights the potency of human rights as an ethical discourse capable of forging authentic, caring and effective links between seemingly disparate groups of people
- Challenges contemporary human rights discourses which institutionalise power
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book builds a compelling picture of injustices inside immigration detention centers, within the context of the rise of the use of immigration detention in the Global North. The author presents the rarely heard voices of refugees, bringing their perspectives to light and personalising and humanising a global political issue.
Based on in-depth interviews with formerly detained refugees who were involved in a wide range of protests, such as sit-ins and non-compliance, hunger strikes, lip sewing, escapes and riots, Human Rights, Refugee Protest and Immigration Detention presents a comprehensive insight into immigration detention and protest.
Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt, the book challenges contemporary human rights discourses which institutionalise power and will be a must-read for scholars, advocates and policymakers engaged in debates about immigration detention and forced migration.
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Authors and Affiliations
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University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Lucy Fiske
About the author
Lucy Fiske is a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. She researches and publishes on human rights, gender, asylum seeking and immigration detention.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Rights, Refugee Protest and Immigration Detention
Authors: Lucy Fiske
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58096-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58095-5Published: 09 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84538-5Published: 21 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58096-2Published: 17 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 245
Topics: Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Human Rights, Political Sociology