Prelims

Privatisation of Migration Control: Power without Accountability?

ISBN: 978-1-80117-663-7, eISBN: 978-1-80117-662-0

ISSN: 1059-4337

Publication date: 27 September 2021

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(2021), "Prelims", Sarat, A. and Prabhat, D. (Ed.) Privatisation of Migration Control: Power without Accountability? (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 86B), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-ix. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-43372021000086B008

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PRIVATISATION OF MIGRATION CONTROL

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STUDIES IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY - VOLUME 86B

PRIVATISATION OF MIGRATION CONTROL: POWER WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY?

EDITED BY

AUSTIN SARAT, EDITOR

Amherst College, USA

GUEST EDITED BY

DEVYANI PRABHAT

University of Bristol Law School. UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Contents

List of Contributors vii
Editorial Board ix
Introduction
Devyani Prabhat 1
Section 1: Private Stakeholders in Migration Control
Chapter 1: How are Migrants, Especially Male Asylum Seekers, Deterred from Safe Journeys and Lawful Entry into the UK Through Carrier Sanctions?
Aleksandra Wegera 7
Chapter 2: By What Means are Medical Professionals able to Reject Hostile Environment Policy Within the NHS?
Isabella Bertolini 23
Chapter 3: Twenty-two Years of Employer Sanctions: To What Extent has Deputising Employers Woven Ethnocentrism into the UK’s Approach to Controlling Irregular Migration?
Emily Rigler Gillingham 41
Chapter 4: In the Context of the Agricultural Industry, To What Extent Does the UK Government’s ‘Hostile Environment’ Agenda Outweigh the Impact of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 on Irregular Workers?
Harriet Parfitt 57
Section 2: The Political Economy and Commodification of Migration
Chapter 5: To What Extent Did the Private Hybridity of the East India Company Result in Lack of Accountability?
Akosua-Rose Oppon 77
Chapter 6: Migration as a Commodity: Do You Possess the ‘Golden Ticket...?’ An Assessment of the Tier 1 (Investor) Visa’s Social and Economic Effect on the UK’s Migration System
Isobel Kamber 91

List of Contributors

Isabella Bertolini University of Bristol, Law School, UK
Emily Rigler Gillingham University of Bristol, Law School, UK
Isobel Kamber University of Bristol, Law School, UK
Akosua-Rose Oppon University of Bristol, Law School, UK
Harriet Parfitt University of Bristol, Law School, UK
Devyani Prabhat University of Bristol, Law School, UK
Aleksandra Wegera University of Bristol, Law School, UK

Editorial Board

Gad Barzilai Tel Aviv University, Israel
Paul Berman George Washington University, USA
Roger Cotterrell Queen Mary College University of London, UK
Jennifer Culbert Johns Hopkins University, USA
Eve Darian-Smith University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
David Delaney Amherst College, USA
Florence Dore University of North Carolina, USA
David Engel State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Anthony Farley Albany Law School, USA
David Garland New York University, USA
Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller University of Hawaii, USA
Laura Gomez University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Piyel Haldar Birkbeck College University of London, UK
Thomas Hilbink Open Society Institute, USA
Desmond Manderson Australian National University, Australia
Jennifer Mnookin University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Laura Beth Nielsen American Bar Foundation, USA
Paul Passavant Hobart and William Smith College, USA
Susan Schmeiser University of Connecticut, USA
Jonathan Simon University of California, Berkeley, USA
Marianna Valverde University of Toronto, Canada
Alison Young University of Melbourne, Australia