States have long denied basic rights to non-citizens within their borders, and international law imposes only limited duties on states with respect to those fleeing persecution. But even the limited rights previously enjoyed by non-citizens are eroding in the face of rising nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and racism. Beyond Borders explores what obligations we owe to those outside our political community. Drawing on contributions from a broad variety of disciplines – from literature to political science to philosophy – the volume considers the failures of law and politics to guarantee rights for the most vulnerable and attempts to imagine new forms of belonging grounded in ideas of solidarity, empathy, and responsibility in order to identify a more robust basis for the protection of non-citizens at home and abroad. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
1. Introduction: The Human Rights of Non-Citizens; Part I. The Failure of Rights Molly K. Land, Kathryn Libal and Jillian Chambers: 2. The Unmaking of Citizens: Shifting Borders of Belonging Kristy A. Belton and Jamie Chai Yun Liew; 3. Zero Humanity: The Reality of Current US Immigration Policy Toward Central American Refugee Children and Their Families Jacqueline Bhabha; 4. Australia's Extraterritorial Border Control Policies Azadeh Dastyari and Asher Hirsch; 5. Protection Through Revisionism? UNHCR, Statistical Reporting, and the Representation of Stateless People Brad K. Blitz; 6. Reflections on Anti-Immigration Narratives and the Establishment of Global Apartheid Yajaira Ceciliano-Navarro, Tanya Golash-Boza and Luis Rubén González; Part II. Belonging Across Borders: 7. Imagining New Forms of Belonging: The Futurity of the Stateless Eleni Coundouriotis; 8. 'Either I Close My Eyes or I Don't': The Evolution of Rights in Encounters Between Sovereign Power and 'Rightless' Migrants Daniel Kanstroom; 9. Do Non-Citizens Have a Right to Have Economic Rights? Locke, Smith, Hayek, and Arendt on Economic Rights Serena Parekh; 10. Human Rights Are Not Enough: Understanding Noncitizenship and Noncitizens in Their Own Right Tendayi Bloom; 11. Uncertainty and Educational Mismatch: Schooling and Life Pursuits in Contexts of Illegalization Susan Bibler Coutin; 12. Constructing Human Rights: State Power and Migrant Silence Jaya Ramji-Nogales.
Molly Katrina Land is the Catherine Roraback Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Her research focuses on the intersection of human rights, science, technology, and innovation. Kathryn Rae Libal is an Associate Professor of Social Work and Human Rights and Director of the Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut. Her publications have focused on human rights, social work, and refugees and asylum seekers. Jillian Robin Chambers is a Juris Doctor Candidate at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she is the Symposium Editor of Volume 53 of the Connecticut Law Review and Executive Brief Writer for the Connecticut Moot Court Board.
