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This open access book contributes new theoretical and comparative insights on migrant agency, undocumentedness and informality in non-Western, non-democratic migration regimes. The book is conceived as a critical reflection on the contemporary migration regime scholarship, and, more generally, on comparative migration studies, which primarily focus on migrants’ experiences and immigration policies in the context of liberal democracies in North America and Western Europe. Addressing this gap is particularly important when considering the fact that many new migration hubs are nondemocratic, which in turn requires us to revise or produce new frameworks of analysis beyond existing and dominant Western-centric migration regime typologies. This book takes up the case study of Central Asian migrants in Russia and Turkey—two archetypal non-Western, nondemocratic regimes and key migration hotspots worldwide—and investigates how migration governance outcomes are shaped by the informal power geometries and extralegal processes in physical and digital landscapes in which migrant workers, employers, middlemen, landlords, street world actors and street-level bureaucrats negotiate the contemporary migration system. This lively ethnography presents new empirical material, a comparative perspective and methodological tools for studying migrants’ experiences and migration governance processes in non-Western migration regimes.

International relations --- Public administration --- Undocumented Migration --- Non-Democratic Regimes --- Migration and the Informal Economy --- Migrant Integration --- Socio-Legal Studies of Migration

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Making human rights a reality requires that various types of domestic actors take measures, which is often demanding, all the more so in federal systems. This open access book, Engaging with Human Rights: How Subnational Actors use Human Rights Treaties in Policy Processes, shows that an important part is played at the subnational level, with repeated back-and-forth between and within levels of governance rather than a ‘top-down’ trajectory. The dynamics of implementation at national and sub-national level is an emerging area of study. This book explores how actors use human rights treaties in the policy process, sometimes leading to an engagement that increases human rights implementation, and at other times not. Treaties provide both opportunities and constraints. Switzerland, as a highly decentralized federal state, offers a perfect setting to study the processes at work. Using legal, political, and sociological analyses, the authors draw on over 65 semi-structured interviews and focusses on two topical case studies: violence against women, including domestic violence, and the rights of persons with disabilities. This book provides a blueprint for other researchers and practitioners who wish to study the concrete implementation and impacts of human rights obligations. Jonathan Miaz is a lecturer and researcher in political science at the Institute of Political Studies of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Evelyne Schmid is a professor of international law at the Centre of Comparative, European and International Law at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Matthieu Niederhauser is a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Political Studies at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and was a researcher at the Global Governance Institute at University College London until November 2022. Constance Kaempfer works at the Directorate of International Law of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland and is a former senior researcher at the Centre of Comparative, European and International Law at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Martino Maggetti is an associate professor of political science at the Institute of Political Studies at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. .

Law and the social sciences. --- Human rights. --- Public law. --- Law --- Social justice. --- Socio-Legal Studies. --- Human Rights. --- Public Law. --- European Law. --- Politics and Human Rights. --- Social Justice. --- Europe.

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This open access book examines the ways that consent operates in contemporary culture, suggesting it is a useful starting point to respectful relationships. This work, however, seeks to delve deeper, into the more complicated aspects of sexual consent. It examines the ways meaningful consent is difficult, if not impossible, in relationships that involve intimate partner violence or family violence. It considers the way vulnerable communities need access to information on consent. It highlights the difficulties of consent and reproductive rights, including the use (and abuse) of contraception and abortion. Finally, it considers the ways that young women are reshaping narratives of sexual assault and consent, as active agents both online and offline. Though this work considers victimisation, it also pays careful attention to the ways vulnerable groups take up their rights and understand and practice consent in meaningful ways. Lisa Featherstone is Professor and Head of School of the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland, Australia. Cassandra Byrnes is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. Jenny Maturi is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. Kiara Minto is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. Renée Mickelburgh is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. Paige Donaghy is Associate Lecturer and Research Assistant at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Law and the social sciences. --- Human body --- Sex. --- Criminal behavior. --- Victims of crimes. --- Critical criminology. --- Socio-Legal Studies. --- Sociology of the Body. --- Sexuality Studies. --- Criminal Behavior. --- Victimology. --- Critical Criminology. --- Social aspects.

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This open access book explores how legal proceedings in and out-of-court can be matched to the complex problems underlying disputes concerning child custody, residence and contact between parents. It focusses in particular on Nordic experiences of in and out-of-court mechanisms as means of resolving custody disputes. The contributors are internationally renowned and experienced researchers from the legal, psychological, and sociological fields who provide empirical as well as legal perspectives. They examine central legal, ethical and knowledge-based dilemmas in custody dispute proceedings. The findings speak to an international audience and suggest ways how to best realize the interests of the child. It transcends disciplinary, institutional, and jurisdictional boundaries in search of new knowledge. Anna Kaldal is a professor of procedural law and head of subject at the Faculty of Law, Stockholm university, Sweden. Her main field of research is evidential law and children inlegal proceedings, especially children in custody cases, criminal cases and child protection cases. She is one of the founders of the Stockholm Centre for the Rights of the Child. Agnes Hellner is a senior lecturer in procedural law at the Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, Sweden. Her research focuses on access to justice, comparative procedural law and constitutional law dimensions of procedural law, such as the relationship between the courts and the legislature. Titti Mattsson is a professor of public law at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on legal, ethical and human rights issues within national social welfare systems, including children's rights. Mattsson is heading the Health Law Research Centre at Lund University.

Law and the social sciences. --- Community development. --- Social service. --- Juvenile delinquents. --- Social psychiatry. --- International law. --- Family policy. --- Socio-Legal Studies. --- Social Work and Community Development. --- Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice. --- Clinical Social Work. --- Public International Law. --- Children, Youth and Family Policy.

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Der Open Access-Band arbeitet das Themenfeld Polizei und Rassismus umfassend auf. In 33 Beiträgen werden behandelt: • Grundlagen zum Phänomen Rassismus, • relevante Befunde zur Polizei als Organisation und zu ihrer Praxis, • Entstehungszusammenhänge und Folgen von Rassismus in der Polizei, • Methoden der wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung und • Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Umgangs mit dem Problem. Angestoßen durch die Geschehnisse und Diskussionen in den USA beschäftigt Rassismus als mit der Polizei assoziiertes Problem auch hierzulande die öffentliche Debatte äußerst intensiv. Dabei wird offenbar, dass die Organisation Polizei in der diversen Gesellschaft vor besonderen Problemen und Herausforderungen steht, denen sie bislang nur in Ansätzen begegnet und wenig gewachsen zu sein scheint. Zugleich fehlt es im deutschen Kontext bisher an einem hinreichend breiten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisstand zu Rassismus in der Polizei. Vor diesem Hintergrund bietet der Band eine Grundlage für die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema, indem er den Forschungsstand aus verschiedenen Disziplinen zusammenführt und systematisch aufarbeitet. Die Beiträge können als Ausgangspunkt für weitere Forschung dienen, sollen aber auch eine Übersetzung der Befunde der Rassismusforschung in Richtung Polizei leisten. Die Herausgebenden Prof. Dr. Daniela Hunold lehrt im Fachgebiet Soziologie an der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin. Prof. Dr. Tobias Singelnstein lehrte an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, seit April 2022 lehrt er an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. M.

Law and the social sciences. --- Race. --- Political sociology. --- Social structure. --- Equality. --- Socio-Legal Studies. --- Race and Ethnicity Studies. --- Political Sociology. --- Social Structure. --- Social sciences and law --- Social sciences --- Sociological jurisprudence --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Social institutions --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Physical anthropology --- Sociological aspects --- Rassismus --- Polizeiforschung --- Racial Profiling --- Polizeikultur --- Cop Culture --- Migration --- Formen von Rassismus --- Rassismuskritische Polizeiforschung --- Einstellungsforschung --- Rassistisches Polizieren --- Wahrnehmung von Diversität --- Rechtsextremismus in der Polizei