Cel The deportation of irregular migrants is a burning issue in public debates all around the world. Most states invest heavily in effective deportation regimes, but when it comes to implementation, deportation regimes are notorious for not achieving their declared goals. Everywhere, marked discrepancies persist between deportation policies and actual practices of deportation.This project compares the implementation of deportation regimes in four different states – Israel, Greece, Spain and Ecuador – in order to provide a closely researched assessment of implementation practices. It interrogates a core assumption in much of the scholarly literature on the “deportation turn”, namely, that there is a global convergence of state deportation regimes.The project adds a crucial – yet, so far underexplored – perspective on irregular migration: the interface of street-level state agents and civil-society actors in shaping practices of deportation. Existing studies look either at the “top level” of the state (policies, laws, procedures, etc.), or at the “underground level” of its “victims” (irregular migrants’ survival strategies, trafficking networks, etc.). This project privileges the “meso level” of the deportation regime, bringing to light the agency of those who exercise discretion in interpreting laws and policies at the “implementation interface”. It makes an original contribution to the anthropology of the state, by demonstrating that the territorial sovereignty of states is constantly renegotiated at this level.The project will produce knowledge on the dilemmas, tactics and occasional alliances of those who carry out and those who obstruct deportation regimes. It will provide new insights into actors’ motivations and worldviews, and explore the dynamics of both “implementation deficits” and “implementation surpluses”. The fine-grained comparative methodology is aimed at producing findings that will be of theoretical significance and of vital importance for policymakers, street-level agents and civil-society actors in dealing with the realities of irregular migration in the 21st century. Dziedzina nauki social sciencessociologyanthropologysocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrationssocial scienceslaw Program(-y) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) ERC-SG-SH2 - ERC Starting Grant - Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour Zaproszenie do składania wniosków ERC-2013-StG Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Instytucja przyjmująca UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Wkład UE € 1 488 410,00 Adres SPUI 21 1012WX Amsterdam Niderlandy Zobacz na mapie Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kierownik naukowy Barak Kalir (Dr.) Kontakt administracyjny Jose Komen (Mrs.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Beneficjenci (1) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Niderlandy Wkład UE € 1 488 410,00 Adres SPUI 21 1012WX Amsterdam Zobacz na mapie Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kierownik naukowy Barak Kalir (Dr.) Kontakt administracyjny Jose Komen (Mrs.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych