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Towards Situated Analyses of Uneven Peri"?Urbanisation: An (Urban) Political Ecology Perspective

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/anti.12660?af=R Abstract

With the US federal government more aggressive in its efforts to find, detain, and deport undocumented immigrants, certain government officials in American cities have promoted urban citizenship for undocumented immigrants in their jurisdictions. Often acting on demands from community organisations, these activist city officials have developed policies and practices that include undocumented immigrants in public service provision, formal rights protections, and democratic participation modes. Drawing on scholarship on urban citizenship, urban politics, and multi"?level governance, this article analyses how we can understand these officials' actions in a system where the federal government has monopoly power over immigration and citizenship matters. Based on the recent experiences of New York City and San Francisco, this article shows that government activists in these cities have promoted urban citizenship for undocumented immigrants by pushing against the confines of US federalism while also reaffirming traditional understandings of national citizenship, thus practicing disruption and conformity simultaneously.

» Author: 2> <p>In this article we develop a novel analytical framework for situated studies of uneven peri"?urbanisation that resist further dividing Marxist and Situated (Urban) Political Ecology. We conceptualise uneven peri"?urbanisation as a process i

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