Introduction
My work explores the tension between labour market flexibilities and citizenship rights and has pioneered an understanding of the functions of immigration in key labour market sectors. My interest in labour demand has meant an engagement with debates about trafficking and modern-day slavery, which in turn has led me to an interest in state enforcement and deportation, and in the ways immigration controls increasingly impact on citizens as well as on migrants. I have worked closely with migrants’ organisations, trades unions and legal practitioners at local, national and international levels.
My books include ‘Us and Them? The Dangerous Politics of Immigration Controls’ (Oxford University Press, 2013) and ‘Doing the Dirty Work? The Global Politics of Domestic Labour’ (Zed Books, 2000). I have co-edited ‘Who Needs Migrant Workers? Labour Shortages, Immigration and Public Policy’ with Martin Ruhs (Oxford University Press, 2010 and 2012), ‘The Social, Political and Historical Contours of Deportation’ with Matthew Gibney and Emanuela Paoletti (Springer, 2013), and ‘Migration and Care Labour: Theory, Policy and Politics’ with Isabel Shutes (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).