{"product_id":"sanctuary-sovereignty-sacrifice","title":"Sanctuary, Sovereignty, Sacrifice","description":"\u003cp\u003eFacing immediate deportation, a lone Guatemalan migrant entered sanctuary in a Montreal church in December 1983. Thus began the practice of sanctuary in Canada. By 2003, thirty-six incidents involving 261 migrants had occurred nationwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSanctuary, Sovereignty, Sacrifice\u003c\/em\u003e closely examines sanctuary practice in Canada. Randy Lippert suggests that, far from being a coherent social movement, sanctuary practice is a localized and isolated phenomenon, and often not primarily religious in orientation. It is also remarkably successful – in every documented incident, state authorities were kept at bay and providers avoided arrest. In most cases, migrants also ultimately received legal status.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on theories of governmentality, Lippert traces the emergence of this practice to a shift in responsibility for refugees and immigrants from the state to churches and communities. Here sanctuary practices and spaces are shaped by a form of pastoral power that targets needs and operates through sacrifice, and by a sovereign power that is exceptional, territorial, and spectacular. Correspondingly, law plays a complex role in sanctuary, appearing variously as a form of oppression, a game, and a source of majestic authority that overshadows the state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thorough and original account of contemporary sanctuary practice, this book tackles theoretical and methodological questions in governmentality and socio-legal studies concerning methodology, nonliberal power, the role of legal narratives, and the nature of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSanctuary, Sovereignty, Sacrifice\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to scholars and students in socio-legal studies, criminology, sociology, political science, social history, anthropology, and religious studies, and will appeal to anyone interested in immigration and refugee law and policy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randy K. Lippert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616315564412,"sku":"9780774812498","price":87.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780774812498_c9c89d2d-bd01-4a53-a309-c1c50ac95e24.jpg?v=1727873238","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/sanctuary-sovereignty-sacrifice","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}