Contested Concepts in Migration Studies

Ricard Zapata-Barrero is Full Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.Dirk Jacobs is Full Professor at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, and Chairperson of the Brussels Studies Institute, Belgium.Riva Kastoryano is Emerite Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), affiliated at Sciences Po - Center for International Studies (CERI-Sciences Po, Paris).

‘Written by leading scholars and researchers the various chapters in this bold and challenging book are full of insights into key issues that are at the heart of ongoing conversations in many societies. It is a must-read for all those working on this important social and political issue.’John Solomos, University of Warwick, UK‘From citizenship and diversity to identity and multiculturalism, the essays in this innovative and important volume by leading migration scholars provide fresh perspectives and revealing insights into contested concepts in migration studies.’Nancy Foner, City University of New York, USA‘Migration is a hotly debated, contested topic in many countries. These disagreements are mirrored in the many contested concepts in migration studies. This book, however, shows that clarification of these contested concepts may be a first step in making migration less contested.’Jan Willem Duyvendak, University of Amsterdam and NIAS-KNAW, The Netherlands"...a significant contribution to the field and an essential book that students, scholars, and policy-makers interested in migration and diversity would like to keep it on their desks to consult."Erdem Dikici (2022): Book Review of "Contested concepts in migration studies" in Ethnic and Racial Studies, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2022.2063153 "...the book invites us to rethink and expand fifteen key concepts... due to its broad overview, this compendium can be a useful source of information not only to scholars within the field, but also to journalists and policymakers interested in expanding their knowledge and accuracy in the understanding of such concepts."Luana Franco Rocha (2022): Book Review of "Contested Concepts in Migration Studies" in Immigrants & Minorities, DOI: 10.1080/02619288.2022.2069218

• Introduction: Conceptual Thinking in Migration Studies 1. Border: Meanings, practices and fields in academia, politics, and public domains 2. Citizenship: From liberal right to neoliberally earned 3. Cohesion: Beyond the diversity threatening hypothesis 4. Cosmopolitanism: Moral Universalism and the Politics of Migration 5. Discrimination: Studying the racialized structure of disadvantage 6. Diversity: Polyphony of the concept 7. Identity and immigration: Core concepts 8. Integration: A critical view 9. Interculturalism: Re-imagining dialogue and connectedness in super-diverse realities 10. Mobility and Migration: Physical, Contextual and Perspectival Interpretations 11. Multiculturalism: Maximum Misunderstanding 12. Nationalism: The concept and its varieties 13. Secularism: Political Secularism and Post-immigration Ethno-Religious Communities 14. Tolerance: Recognition, reasonable accommodation, and minority rights 15. Transnationalism: Theory and experience