Neoliberalism and Nativism
Local Anti-Immigrant Policy Activism and an Emerging Politics of Scale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4787686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monica W Varsanyi (0000-0001-7348-389X, The Graduate Center, CUNY, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 295-311 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00958.x |
| OpenAlex | W1547832010 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 67 |
| References cited | 51 |
Recent years have been witness to an explosion of locally scaled immigration-related policy activism in cities across the United States. While cities have had both integrative and exclusionary reactions to unauthorized immigration, this article explores a politics of scale and rescaling exemplified by anti-immigrant 'Illegal Immigration Relief Act' ordinances passed and/or considered by over 130 cities in the United States beginning in 2006 - most visibly, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. I interpret this nativist immigration-policy activism as locally scaled acts of contestation to neoliberalizing policies formulated at the national and supranational scales that have had the (un)intended consequence of fostering 'illegal' immigration. Perceiving themselves at the frontlines of a rescaled national boundary, these locally scaled immigration policies represent attempts by local governments and residents to 'take matters into their own hands' by rescaling a defining characteristic of the nation-state - power over immigration enforcement - in order to regulate undocumented migration. While scholars have begun to document examples of progressive local contestation to neoliberalization, there has yet been only passing reference to the nativist potential for resistance to neoliberalization. This article provides a novel empirical contribution by seeking to flesh out a broader conceptualization of both neoliberalism and its contestations, and to provide a critical warning that not all contestations may lead to progressive futures.RésuméCes dernières années, les grandes villes américaines ont connu une explosion d'activisme en matière de politiques liées à l'immigration et conçues à l'échelon local. Les villes ont eu des réactions d'intégration et d'exclusion, mais cet article explore une politique d'échelle et de redimensionnement illustrée par les arrêtés municipaux anti-immigrants, 'Illegal Immigration Relief Act', adoptés et/ou envisagés par plus de 130 villes aux États-Unis depuis 2006 (Hazleton, en Pennsylvanie, étant le cas le plus manifeste). Cet activisme nativiste en matière de politique d'immigration est interprété ici comme des actes de contestation à l'échelon local à l'encontre des politiques néolibéralistes formulées aux échelons national et supranational qui ont eu l'effet (in)volontaire d'encourager l'immigration 'illégale'. Ces politiques d'immigration conçues au niveau local, qui se voient comme des avant-postes sur une frontière nationale redimensionnée, reflètent des tentatives de la part de gouvernements et résidents locaux de 'prendre les choses en mains' en changeant d'échelon l'une des caractéristiques déterminantes de l'État-nation, le pouvoir de régir l'immigration, afin de réguler les migrants sans papiers. Même si les chercheurs ont commencéà mettre en évidence des cas de contestation locale constructive de la néolibéralisation, il n'a été fait qu'une simple allusion au potentiel nativiste de la résistance à la néolibéralisation. L'article constitue un apport empirique innovant puisqu'il cherche àétoffer la conceptualisation à la fois du néolibéralisme et de ses modes de contestation, et à avertir que toutes les contestations ne déboucheront pas forcément sur des progrès
Conceptualization · Immigration · Immigration policy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological nativism · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Migration and Inequality
Advocating for Structural Change? Exploring the Advocacy Activities of Immigrant-Serving Organizations in an Unwelcoming Policy Context
Peripheral Matters
Migration
Qualitative Data, Acquisition
Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe
Immigration and the Challenge of Education
Migration and Inequality
Welcoming Immigrants
Rude and in Defiance of Authority”
Municipal institutions and local policy responses to immigrants
Local Practices vs National Models of Integration? The Management of Ethno-religious Diversity in an Urban Context
Disposable subjects
Politics of belonging
The punishment marketplace
City government and urban inequalities
Denying racial animus
Proximity and policy
No Foreigners”
The Emergence of Urban Border Spaces in Europe
Forced migration and the city
Geographies of migration II
Race and ethnicity
Immigration, local policy, and national identity in the suburban United States
Urban Geography Plenary Lecture—The Travels of Urban Neoliberalism
Forced migration management and politics of scale
A Place-based Approach to Understanding Immigrant Retention and Integration in Canadian and American Non-Traditional Gateway Cities
When College is Illegal
El espectro de ciudades santuario en Estados Unidos
Subnational Migration States and the New Politics of Immigration
Responding to Irregular Migration
R escaling sovereignty
Migration policies and practices at job market participation
Experiencing intentional recognition
The Spatiality of Local Immigration Policies in the U nited S tates
Surveillance Without Protection
Enclaves of Rights
Unintended Return
Dismantling urban sanctuary and the ‘migrant crisis’
Redirecting Leviathan
Introduction to Special Issue
How Social Context Affects Immigration Attitudes
French participation in transnational migration networks
A Multilayered Jurisdictional Patchwork
The Politics of Punishment and Protection
Discursive geographies
Welcoming, Trust, and Civic Engagement
Seeing Immigrants
Contentious immigration politics in a multijurisdictional field
Paradoxes of Migration Policy Rescaling-Local Migration Policies in Tel Aviv in Times of Restrictionism
Speaking up, rising above
Fight for the City
Political Detentions, Political Deportations
Small-Town Defenders
Politicizing Undocumented Immigrants One Corner at a Time
Welcoming Refugees and the Cultural Wealth of Cities
Group Boundaries, Immigrant Inclusion, and the Politics of Immigrant-Native Relations
Moral or civic ties? Deservingness and engagement among undocumented Latinas in non-profit organisations
Co-development as Transnational Governance
The Role of Geographic Context in the Local Politics of US Immigration
New Destinations and the Changing Geography of Immigrant Incorporation
The Dark Side of Immigrant Integration Policies
Restricted Movement
Europe Has Never Been Modern
Immigration control and the white working class
Immigrant-Friendly and Unfriendly Cities
Talent for Citizenship and the American Dream
Strangers in the Land Patterns of American Nativism 1800-1925
Who are we?
Alien nation
New State Spaces
Spaces of Neoliberalism
A Nation by Design
Cities in pursuit of economic growth
The Citizen and the Alien
City
Remaking Scale
Mastering Space
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors
Semblances of Sovereignty
Border games
Operation Gatekeeper
Working the Boundaries
From Managerialism to Entrepreneurialism
Justice as Told by Judges
Neoliberalizing states
Immigration Policing Through the Backdoor
Face the Nation
Face the Nation
The Grassroots Reconfiguration of U.S. Immigration Policy
Immigration Geopolitics Beyond the Mexico–US Border
Neoliberalizing Space
Unsettling Immigrant Geographies
State and Local Immigration Regulation in the United States before 1882
There’s nothing inherent about scale
Rescaling the “Alien,” Rescaling Personhood
Reconfiguring the spatiality of power
Spheres of Justice
Brief History of Neoliberalism
American Nightmare
A Reappraisal of the State Sovereignty Debate
The political construction of scale
"The Legal Production of Mexican/Migrant "Illegality
City-Regions, Neoliberal Globalization and Democracy
Rescaling and reforming the state under Nafta
The Urban Question
Comparative Topographies of Neoliberalism in Mexico
Competitive City-Regionalism as a Politics of Space
Political Economies of Scale
A Geopolitics of Engagement
Dying for a Cup of Coffee? Migrant Deaths in the US-Mexico Border Region in a Neoliberal Age
Controlling 'Unwanted' Immigration
Documenting Undocumented Migrants
| Unique citing works | 67 |
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| Citations per year | 4,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 64 |