Borders as a Space of Interaction
An Account of Special State Obligations to Irregular Immigrants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5157630 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marit Hovdal-Moan (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Oslo, Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1223-1240 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764212443822 |
| OpenAlex | W2330862279 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
It seems a common view in European political practice that the state's broad sovereign right to exclude noncitizens from its territory at the border releases it from any special obligations toward irregular immigrants, who reside on its territory without its consent. In this article the author reflects on the validity of that view. In so doing, she begins with the common-sense doctrine that special obligations are generated by significant interactions. On conventional accounts of special obligations, a significant interaction between the state and immigrants arises if and only if (a) the state enters into a formal relationship with them, by issuing, for instance, a residence permit, or (b) the state can be blamed or held liable for harm that they have suffered. Contrary to this account, the author argues that the state inevitably interacts with immigrants through the process of enforcing its borders. This presumes a relational account of borders as a space of interaction rather than as a fixed line of separation that divides a domestic realm of state action from an international realm. In the process of enforcing its borders, the state necessarily interacts with immigrant in this space, and thereby assumes special obligations to them
Doctrine · Harm · Immigration · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Realm · Residence · Sociology · Sovereignty · Space (punctuation) · State (computer science) · Computer Science · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Migration and European integration
We, the People of Europe?
The Imperative of Responsibility
The Citizen and the Alien
A Theory of Justice
National Responsibility and Global Justice
Institutionally Divided Moral Responsibility
Moral Principles and Political Obligations
Foggy Social Structures
Controlling a New Migration World
Punishment and Responsibility
A tale of networks and policies
Irregular Migration in Europe
Live‐in Domestics, Seasonal Workers, and Others Hard to Locate on the Map of Democracy
From Migration in Geographic Space to Migration in Biographic Time
The Rights of Irregular Migrants
Spheres of Justice
Democratic Theory and Border Coercion
The Ethics of Immigration
The Trouble with Authority
Law, Boundaries, and the Bounded Self
State limits in the early twenty-first century
Border/Control
Borders and Bordering
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |