Post-nationalism re-considered

A case study of the 'No One Is Illegal' movement in Canada

Bibliographic Data

ID4525565
AuthorsSalina Abji (University of Toronto, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume17
Issue3-4
Pages322-338
Publication date2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621025.2012.707001
OpenAlexW1976136146
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited37

Studies of post-nationalism have declined considerably among citizenship scholars in recent decades, and have been largely ignored by social movement scholars in favour of more trans-national approaches. Using a case analysis of a migrant rights movement in Canada as evidence of a ‘post-national ethics in practice’, in this article I argue for a re-consideration of the usefulness of post-nationalism within current scholarship on precarious immigration status. Taking into account both the limitations and opportunities afforded by a post-national ethical framework, I examine how the movement uses a human rights framing in distinct ways to mobilize constituents, garner mainstream media attention, and effect changes to policy at the national and local level. My findings suggest that the use of human rights frames for these movements offers both risks and rewards; however, the benefits may outweigh the risks in cases in which the quality of exposure within mainstream narratives is enough to disrupt, even if momentarily, the pervasiveness of normative nationalism, opening up new spaces for reconfiguring citizenship at the local level

Citizenship · Environmental ethics · Human rights · Mainstream · Narrative · Nationalism · Nationalist Movement · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social movement · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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