Cover
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Precarious Migrant Protest in Europe
Borders and Protest in an “Age of Migration”
A Fragmented Academic Landscape
Research Approach
Ethics of an Engaged Social Science
Outline of the Book
A Microinteractionist and Spatial Perspective
Microinteractive Dynamics in Precarious Migrant Protest
Ambivalent Spatialities of Precarious Mobilizations
Conclusion
Law, Discourse and Mobilization in Germany and France
The Politicization of Precarious Migration
Regulatory Contexts of Asylum and Undocumented Migration
Mobilizations for and by Precarious Migrants
Conclusion
The Bourse du Travail Protests, Paris, 2008-2010
Protest Emergence: An Ally Turns Opponent
Protest Incubation: Interactive Dynamics at the Bourse du Travail
Interactive Dynamics at Rue Baudelique
Dynamics of Fragmentation: Niches of Regularization
Conclusion
The La Chapelle Protests, Paris, 2015-2016
Protest Emergence: Politicization of a Humanitarian Crisis
Makeshift Camps as Spaces of Survival and Precarious Resistance
A Migrant Squat as a Space of Incubation and Alienation
Fading Contention: Internal Division and the Humanitarian Governance
Conclusion
The Oranienplatz Protests, Berlin, 2012-2014
Resisting Spatial Exclusion: Protest Emergence in Würzburg
Centralizing Dissent: The Protest March to Berlin
OPlatz as a Space of Protest Incubation
OPlatz as a Space of Protest Fragmentation
Conclusion
Afghan Protests against Deportations, Berlin, 2016-2017
Politicizing Differentiated Treatment
Protest Emergence: A Mobilized Diaspora
Protest Incubation: From “Silence” to “Voice”
Dynamics of Demobilization
Conclusion
Interactive Dynamics, Ambivalent Spatialities and Regulatory Contexts
Contentious Arenas and Contested Spaces
Contentious Interactions and Fragile Alliances
Precarious Lives and Resistances
Epilogue: Precarious Migration as a Form of Life
Research Design, Methods, and Ethics
List of Interviews
Index