The National versus the Foreigner in South America

200 Years of Migration and Citizenship Law

Diego Acosta

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781108576031
• Topic: Politique et relations internationales
• Subtopic: Droits de l'homme

Since the turn of the century, South American governments and regional organisations have adopted the world's most open discourse on migration and citizenship. At a time when restrictive choices were becoming increasingly predominant around the world, South American policymakers presented their discourse as being both an innovative and exceptional 'new paradigm' and part of a morally superior, avant-garde path in policymaking. This book provides a critical examination of the South American legal framework through a historical and comparative analysis. Diego Acosta uses this analysis to assess whether the laws are truly innovative and exceptional, as well as evaluating their feasibility, strengths and weaknesses. By analysing the legal construction of the national and the foreigner in ten South American countries during the last two centuries, he demonstrates how different citizenship and migration laws have functioned, as well as showing why states have opted for certain regulation choices, and the consequence of these choices for state- and nation-building in the continent. An invaluable insight for anyone interested in global migration and citizenship discussions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Series information
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Table of contents
• Preface
• List of acronyms
• Political map of South America
• 1 South America’s Central Role in Migration and Citizenship Law
• Part I: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
• Part II: Consolidation and Transition into the Twenty-first Century
• 8 Conclusion: Constructing and Deconstructing the Foreigner – An Innovative and Exceptional Approach?
• Afterword
• Bibliography
• Legislation: South American Countries
• Legislation: Countries in Latin America outside South America
• Legislation: Countries outside Latin America
• Bilateral Agreements
• Regional Organisations of the Americas
• Agreements, Pan-American Conferences
• Other Regional Agreements in the Americas
• United Nations Instruments
• Other International Instruments
• Case Law
• Index