Making Refugees’ Political Agency Visible

Practices of the Subject

Amelie Harbisch (University of Erfurt, Germany)

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English

Routledge
31 December 2024

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Globalization; EU & European institutions; Political economy; International law

Series: Interventions

This book centres refugees and asylum seekers as agents of global politics, broadening our thinking about political agency beyond statism, citizenship, and organized political protest. Arguing that to understand forced migration, we must understand the construction of refugees as individual human subjects and how subconscious ideas about refugees influence daily practices and policies, the author studies how refugees make meaning about themselves. Forced migration is a key formative phenomenon of international politics but debates habitually discuss displacement only as an abstract number, economic challenge, or security issue. This volume shifts attention to the individual human subjects as overlooked agents of international relations. To this end, the book rethinks individual subjects altogether and develops a comprehensive practice-theoretical framework of subject construction. Through extensive ethnographic data generated with refugees in Germany and Austria, the author reveals how refugees are depoliticized, and how they combat this using creativity, humor, and intercultural resources. This volume highlights people’s agency despite being subjected to powerful ideas and mechanisms. It will appeal to scholars and students of International Relations, Sociology, Political Science, and Migration Studies.

By: Amelie Harbisch (University of Erfurt Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781032891583
ISBN 10: 1032891580
Series: Interventions
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 31 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: The Subjects of Forced Migration 1) Practices of Making Subjects in International Relations 2) The Visual Construction of Governable Refugees 3) Not So Bare Life 4) Humorous Criminals 5) Productive Adults or Perpetual Children? 6) Conclusion: Depoliticization and its Disruption

Dr Amelie Harbisch is a PostDoc at the University of Erfurt. As part of the BMBF-funded project ""KNOWPRO"", she is researching knowledge production in German peace and security policy. She focuses on ethnographic work, migration, and international political sociology (practice theory, performance/performativity, discourse).

Reviews for Making Refugees’ Political Agency Visible: Practices of the Subject

"""Amelie Harbisch enables us to “see” refugee politics in a new way. She reveals how refugees, despite their precarity, are political agents capable of making claims, asserting their subjectivity, and marking their presence within the polity. This book is required reading for anyone interested in understanding how political subjectivity is being enacted and remade by people displaced from the institution of citizenship."" Peter Nyers, Department of Political Science, McMaster University"