Post-National Citizenship, Social Exclusion and Migrants Rights: Mexican Seasonal Workers in Canada
- Fecha
2004
- Autores
Tanya Basok
- Resumen
In the past few decades, migrants residing in many European & North American countries have benefited from nation-states' extension of legal rights to non-citizens. This development has prompted many scholars to reflect on the shift from a state-based to a more individual-based universal conception of rights & to suggest that national citizenship has been replaced by post-national citizenship. However, in practice migrants are often deprived of some rights. The article suggests that the ability to claim rights denied to some groups of people depends on their knowledge of the legal framework, communications skills, & support from others. Some groups of migrants are deprived of the knowledge, skills, & support required to negotiate their rights effectively because of their social exclusion from local communities of citizens. The article draws attention to the contradiction in two citizenship principles -- one linked to legal rights prescribed by international conventions & inscribed through international agreements & national laws & policies, & the other to membership in a community. Commitment to the second set of principles may negate any achievements made with respect to the first. The article uses Mexican migrants working in Canada as an illustration, arguing that even though certain legal rights have been granted to them, until recently they had been unable to claim them because they were denied social membership in local & national communities. Recent initiatives among local residents & union & human rights activists to include Mexican workers in their communities of citizens in Leamington, Ontario, Canada, are likely to enhance the Mexican workers' ability to claim their rights. 52 References. Adapted from the source document.
- Journal title
Citizenship Studies
- Volumen
8
- Número
1
- Page numbers
47-64
- Archivos adjuntos
- Conexiones
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1362102042000178409 (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1362102042000178409)
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- Los sectores económicos
Agriculture and horticulture workers
- Tipos de contenido
Análisis de políticas y Casos documentados de abuso
- Los grupos destinatarios
Los investigadores, Los sindicatos, y ONG / grupos comunitarios / redes de solidaridad
- Áreas de regulación
Derecho a cambiar de empleador, Derecho a elegir su lugar de residencia, Derecho a organizarse, Normas Laborales, Salud y Seguridad, Programas de integración para los recién llegados, Salud y Servicios Sociales, El acceso a la condición de permanente, La reunificación familiar, Derecho a la libertad, y Derecho a la dignidad
- Relevancia geográfica
Canada, Ontario, Alberta, México, Manitoba, Quebec, Colombia Británica, Otras provincias, Federal, y Nueva Escocia
- Esferas de la actividad
Derecho y Socioligie
- Idiomas
Inglés