@fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social
Sociology professor at University of California San Diego and (co)author of The Refugee System (2023); Refuge beyond Reach (2019); and Culling the Masses (2014). I research policies and experiences around migration and asylum. https://tinyurl.com/4snsdvzf
hats off to @usnatarchives.bsky.social
for displaying pre-WW2 refugee documents - a refugee from Soviet Armenia seeking to stay in USA in 1934 bc he was a political or religious refugee and would be stateless if deported. Act of June 8, 1934 is often forgotten in #RefugeeHistory
It was a real coup to get my hands on a copy of Paolo Boccagni's new book. This ethnography of the absurd confronts the existential question of what it means to live in limbo while waiting for asylum.
Available open access from @ucpress.bsky.social
www.ucpress.edu/books/undoin...
Congratulations to @hekwon.bsky.social for her new publication, "Privileged pariahs: agency of Korean expatriate mothers in the UAE"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Title Pathways to External Citizenship: The Global Extension of Dual Citizenship and Voting From Abroad Authors Sebastian Umpierrez de Reguero and Maarten Vink Description The extension of dual citizenship and external voting rights over the past decades has been widely observed. Both trends contribute to the phenomenon of external citizenship, where citizens residing abroad hold rights to political participation irrespective of other transnational ties. Yet these trends have been studied in a disconnected manner. This is remarkable as the exercise of external voting requires nationals abroad to keep a legal link with the home country, while dual citizenship acceptance is high on the agenda of politically mobilized emigrant communities. In this paper, we make two original contributions. First, applying sequence analysis to a dataset covering 194 countries over 61 years (N=10,310), we identify five dominant pathways in extending rights to dual citizenship and external voting: 1) norm setters, 2) dual citizenship only, 3) external voting only, 4) latecomers, and 5) norm resisters. Second, we analyze the correlates of these pathways with a focus on the predominant political regime type. Democratic regimes are not more prone to be norm setters that adopt both forms of rights extension but are less likely to be norm resisters that do not adopt either. Partial norm extenders and latecomers are not significantly associated with a particular regime experience.
I'm excited to share pre-print of a β¨ new paper with the great @sumpierrez.bsky.social!
We study βpathways of external citizenshipβ across 194 countries π since 1960. We do so by building a sequence analysis of the timing and extent of dual citizenship acceptance and external voting rights.
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My piece in Foreign Affairs is out on the problems of third country and offshore detention www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
10.07.2025 06:52 β π 19 π 12 π¬ 0 π 3So sorry to learn of the passing of Richard Alba. His work will be passed on through our teaching and research for years to come.
11.06.2025 14:57 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Hi, I got a copy from the Archdiocese archives in Guadalajara in 2003 or 2004. I searched and don't have an electronic copy. I would have to dig into a warehouse to see if there is a paper copy in my archives
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Read how the U.S. systematically externalized its borders using health controls beginning in the 1800s, laying the groundwork for controls that were repurposed during the Covid-19 and Title 42 era to keep out asylum seekers.
Open access in Migration Studies.
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
This incredible resource on Canadian immigration policy is out. Hats off to the dream team of authors, including the late Jeff Reitz. A capstone achievement to an illustrious career. utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
20.05.2025 18:00 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Devastated to learn of the passing of Jeff Reitz. He was such a model of scholarship and decency.
www.sociology.utoronto.ca/news/memoria...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/gml/news/mem...
A fresh way of thinking in a systems framework
24.04.2025 20:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0go.bsky.app/VKo91Px
24.04.2025 15:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Welcome, Lucy. You might check out several Starter Packs of migration/ refugee researchers. You are in this pack
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But Iβm glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Thanks; fixed with new post
11.04.2025 19:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My review of βFraming Refugees: How the Admission of Refugees is Debated in Six Countries across the Worldβ by Daniel Drewski and JΓΌrgen Gerhards
Updated link to the review:
academic.oup.com/sf/article/1...
Link to the book:
tinyurl.com/3mw3kzxp
We need more comparative work like this.
Missed this, but Italy last week tightened rules for citizenship for people of Italian ancestry born abroad. only people w Italian parents or grandparents are now eligible
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/w...
Three days left to submit your abstracts on experiences of refugeehood for our planned special issue! Details below
28.03.2025 12:33 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Dark days at IOM:
www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
Call for Papers for the Special Issue βWho is a Refugee in the 21st Century?β I am co-editing with @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social & Aryan Karimi @ubcmigration.bsky.social
We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 31!
More info: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
How wonderful to be in community with friends and colleagues at @enmisa.bsky.social for the Distinguished Scholar Award panel. There is much work to do!
05.03.2025 00:46 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
It is that time of the year again!
@eu-eurostat.extwitter.link today published data on citizenship acquisition updated to 2023
a 𧡠on a few things we learn from the data and some of the usual caveats to keep in mind
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...
Oh Statue of Liberty has been removed from USCIS logo. Not subtle!
www.lexisnexis.com/community/in...
Colleagues in Middle East Studies! The Anthropology dept at UC Davis is hiring in Palestine Studies. Scholars at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels will be considered; please share widely!
mesana.org/resources-an...
Trump is threatening tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico starting February 1. Here are nine @cfr.org charts showing what that may mean for all four economies. π§΅(1/6) www.cfr.org/article/what...
31.01.2025 19:53 β π 10 π 10 π¬ 2 π 2
The topic of @globalcit.bsky.social's Rainer BaubΓΆck 2025 Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship is becoming awfully more relevant by the day.
'How will geopolitics affect future citizenship laws and policies?'
Have thoughts? Write 'em down and send them to us!
globalcit.eu/rainer-baubo...
Call to contribute to an edited volume on migrant (ir)regularity in the Americas. Abstracts due Feb 7
migdep.colmex.mx/actividades/...
