Erol Balkan teaches economic development, international finance and political economy of the Middle East at Hamilton College, New York. His recent books include Reproducing Class: Education, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of the New Middle Class in Istanbul (Berghahn, 2009) and The Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamic Capital in Turkey (Berghahn, 2015).

“Chapters in this collection discuss both the issues that host countries face, such as welfare nationalism and legal status, and challenges that refugees themselves face, such as wage theft and integration. The book also contains a very useful discussion of refugees from a Marxist perspective and an analysis of the history of refugees in Europe…The book has several chapters that will be especially useful to scholars in the field.” • Choice“This is a well-crafted mix of broad considerations of the production of the refugee, as well as contextualized and detailed considerations of refugees in two especially important regions.” • Chaise LaDousa, Hamilton College, New York“The book is an important contribution to an understanding of the current refugee crisis and its implications on the host countries.” • Ahmet Oncu, Sabanci University, Turkey

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionErol Balkan and Zümray Kutlu-TonakPart I: Different Perspectives on Migration: Migration and NeoliberalismChapter 1. Political Economy of MigrationSungur SavranChapter 2. War, Migration and ClassKemal Vural TarlanChapter 3. Images as Border: On the Visual Production of the “Migration Crisis“Mariam Durrani and Arjun ShankarPart II: Host Country Economies and AttitudesChapter 4. Why Do Employment and Socio-economic Integration Have a Strained Relationship? The International Protection Context and Syrians in TurkeySaime Özçürümez and Deniz YıldırımChapter 5. Welfare Nationalism and Rising Prejudice Against Migrants in Central and Eastern EuropeAnıl DumanChapter 6. Vulnerable Permanency in Mass Influx: The Case of Syrians in TurkeyAhmet İçduygu and Damla Aksel BayraktarPart III: Europe and Migration: Past and PresentChapter 7. Legal Topography of the 2015 European Refugee “Crisis”Everita SilinaChapter 8. “The Preparation of Living Corpses”: Immigration Detention and the Production of the Non-PersonDavid HerdChapter 9. The Germans' “Refugee”: Concepts and Images of the “Refugee” in Germany’s Twisted History Between Acceptance and Denial as a Country of Immigration and RefugeMarion DetjenPart IV: Refugee AgencyChapter 10. “Without it, you will die”: Smartphones and Refugees’ Digital Self-OrganizationSina Arnold and Stephan GorlandChapter 11. Processes of Wage Theft: Neoliberal Labor Market and Syrian Refugees in TurkeyDanièle Bélanger and Cenk SaraçoğluChapter 12. The Narratives of Syrian Refugees on Taking Turkey as a Land of a Long or Temporary SettlementSamer SharaniConcluding RemarksAppendix: Statement From the Association of Bridging Peoples: It Is Not a Refugee Crisis, It Is a Secret War Against RefugeesCem TerziIndex