Us and them?: The dangerous politics of immigration control

Abstract

Us and Them is a conceptually rich book. It enhances the field of migration theorizing across borders and within borders. It is mainly focused on the nationwide British context, yet the presented ideas could easily transverse transnational fields. Anderson cuts across disciplinary boundaries in juxtaposing the concepts of exclusion and inclusion, particularly in relation to the production of immigration status and the division of people into desirable and undesirable, deserving and undeserving, citizens and migrants, legals and illegals.