Handbook of Return Migration

This thoroughly updated second edition provides a comprehensive account of the interdisciplinary field of return migration, long overlooked in the broader study of migration. It reviews and critiques both theories and concepts pertaining to return, illustrating the various forms it can take, its increasing politicisation and its connection to development and societal change.The Handbook incorporates the latest theoretical debates on the changing nature of return migration, with an increased emphasis on geopolitics and return migration governance. A new section brings together perspectives from across economics, sociology, geography and geopolitics, before moving on to theorising and conceptualising the field. New chapters also critically analyse return migration stigma, reintegration governance, human trafficking and provide reflections on key issues. The Handbook offers both a state-of-the-art review of the field and an agenda for opening up new avenues of research and policy debate.Scholars and students of international migration, politics, human rights, geopolitics and development studies will find this authoritative Handbook especially valuable. It will also aid policymakers, appraising them of current trends and debates on return migration.