Migration Control and Access to Welfare: The Precarious Inclusion of Irregular Migrants in Norway

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Marry-Anne Karlsen (University of Bergen, Norway)

Migration Control and Access to Welfare

The Precarious Inclusion of Irregular Migrants in Norway

Marry-Anne Karlsen (University of Bergen, Norway)

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English

Routledge
31 May 2023

Research methods: general; Ethnic studies; Sociology; Anthropology; Politics & government

Series: On Edge: Ethnographies and Theories of Threshold Phenomena

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Over the past decades, European states have increasingly limited irregular migrants’ access to welfare services as a tool for migration control. Still, irregular migrants tend to have access to certain basic services, although frequently of a subordinate, arbitrary, and unstable kind. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Norway, this book sheds light on ambiguities in the state’s response to irregular migration that simultaneously cut through law, policy, and practice. Carefully examining the complex interplay between the geopolitical management of territory and the biopolitical management of populations, the book argues that irregularised migrants should be understood as precariously included in the welfare state rather than simply excluded. The notion of precarious inclusion highlights the insecure and unpredictable nature of the inclusive practises, underscoring how limited access to welfare does not necessarily contradict restrictive migration policies. Taking the situated encounters between irregularised migrants and service providers as its starting point for exploring broader questions of state sovereignty, biopolitics, and borders, Migration Control and Access to Welfare offers insightful analyses of the role of life, territory, and temporality in contemporary politics. As such, it will appeal to scholars of migration and border studies, gender research, social anthropology, geography, and sociology.

By: Marry-Anne Karlsen (University of Bergen Norway)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9780367742164
ISBN 10: 0367742160
Series: On Edge: Ethnographies and Theories of Threshold Phenomena
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marry-Anne Karlsen is Researcher at the Centre for Women’s and Gender Research, University of Bergen, Norway.