1st Edition

Immigration, Citizenship and Insecurity An Australian Story

By Heli Askola Copyright 2025
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

Immigration, Citizenship and Insecurity: An Australian Story explores how Australia’s policies on migration and nationality have shaped citizenship and social inclusion. The book examines the historical and contemporary intersections of citizenship, migration and insecurity, analysing key issues such as the prioritisation of economic utility in migration policy, cultural expectations placed... Read more

1. Introduction  2. On citizenship, insecurity and Australia’s immigration story  3.Selfishly seeking skills and savings  4.Connections, conformity and correction  5. Popular panics and political passivity  6.Emergency, exception and exclusion from citizenship  7. Citizenship as insecurity?

Biography

Heli Askola is Associate Professor of Law at Monash University in Melbourne. She specialises in migration policy and citizenship and has also published widely on trafficking in human beings, violence against women, gender equality and international human rights.