The Disobedience of the Masses: Unauthorized Migration of Central Americans to the United States as an Act of Civil Disobedience

Around 12 million unauthorized immigrants live in the United States. The present work doesn´t see the situation of undocumented immigrants in the USA as an “all-or-nothing affair”. It analyses unauthorized migration as an act of civil disobedience, and this category is given fresh significance throu...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Rocha, José Luis
Rannpháirtithe: Oettler, Anika (Prof.Dr.) (Comhairleoir tráchtais)
Formáid: Dissertation
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Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017
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Achoimre:Around 12 million unauthorized immigrants live in the United States. The present work doesn´t see the situation of undocumented immigrants in the USA as an “all-or-nothing affair”. It analyses unauthorized migration as an act of civil disobedience, and this category is given fresh significance through the study of the migrants’ struggle for inclusion. This work stresses the active role of the undocumented in everyday life and seeks to make visible the political nature of actions that usually are not considered as such.
DOI:10.17192/z2017.0251