Mobility & Politics – serie
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58 produkter
Cosmopolitan Borders
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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Cosmopolitan Borders makes the case for processes of bordering being better understood through the lens of cosmopolitanism. Borders are 'cosmopolitan workshops' where 'cultural encounters of a cosmopolitan kind' take place and where entrepreneurial cosmopolitans advance new forms of sociality in …
Post/humanitarian Border Politics between Mexico and the US
People, Places, Things
Av V. Squire
Inbunden, 2015
661 kr
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The author assesses the politics of different humanitarian interventions in the Mexico-US border region developing a unique perspective on the significance of people, places and things to contemporary border struggles.
Mobile Commons, Migrant Digitalities and the Right to the City
Av N. Trimikliniotis, D. Parsanoglou m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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This book examines the relationship between urban migrant movements, struggles and digitality which transforms public space and generates mobile commons. The authors explore heterogeneous digital forms in the context migration, border-crossing and transnational activism, displaying commonality …
Survival Media
The Politics and Poetics of Mobility and the War in Sri Lanka
Av S. Perera
Inbunden, 2015
635 kr
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Through the narratives and movements of survivors of the war in Lanka these interconnected essays develop the concept of 'survival media' as embodied and expressive forms of mobility across borders.
Depoliticising Migration
Global Governance and International Migration Narratives
Av A. Pécoud
Inbunden, 2014
608 kr
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Migration has become, since the nineties, the subject of growing international discussion and cooperation. By critically analyzing the reports produced by international organisations on migration, this book sheds light on the way these actors frame migration and develop their recommendations on how …
Mobile Desires
The Politics and Erotics of Mobility Justice
Av Liz Montegary, Melissa Autumn White
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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This book combines mobilities research with feminist and queer studies offering new perspectives on mobility justice. It foregrounds academic, activist, and artistic work revealing state-sponsored strategies for managing the mobility of people as mechanisms for aligning erotic and political desires …
Outsourcing Border Control
Politics and Practice of Contracted Visa Policy in Morocco
Inbunden, 2017
558 kr
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This book explores the everyday practices of border control and implementation of mobility policy in the European Schengen area by analyzing consular visas services on the edges of the territory. Using an original case study, private contractors that implement EU visa policy on governments’ behalf, …
Sanctuary City
A Suspended State
Av J. Bagelman
Inbunden, 2015
607 kr
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This book traces the ancient concept of sanctuary. It examines how the contemporary sanctuary city movement contributes to a hostile asylum regime by holding asylum seekers in a suspended state where rights are indefinitely deferred. At the same time, it explores myriad subversive practices …
Tunisia as a Revolutionized Space of Migration
Av Glenda Garelli, Martina Tazzioli
Inbunden, 2016
607 kr
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This book explores the transformation of the Tunisian space of mobility after the Arab Uprisings, looking at the country’s emerging profile as a migratory “destination” and focusing on refugees from Syria, Libya, and Sub-Saharan countries; Tunisian migrants in Europe who return home; and young …
Rethinking Transit Migration
Precarity, Mobility, and Self-Making in Mexico
Av Tanya Basok, Danièle Bélanger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
607 kr
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Questioning the notion of transit migration, the book examines factors that shape Central American migrants' mobility and immobility in the transnational space, comprised on Central American countries, Mexico, and the US.
Ageing, Gender, and Labour Migration
Inbunden, 2016
552 kr
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This book explores how the real conditions and subjective conceptions of ageing and well-being are transformed when people move from one country to another. Focusing on ageing female migrants from Latvia in the UK and other European countries, this book is based on fifty life-history interviews …
Migration and the Search for Home
Mapping Domestic Space in Migrants’ Everyday Lives
Inbunden, 2016
770 kr
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This book explores the impact of transnational migration on the views, feelings, and practices of home among migrants. Home is usually perceived as what placidly lies in the background of everyday life, yet migrants’ experience tells a different story: what happens to the notion of home, once …
Intersections of Inequality, Migration and Diversification
The Politics of Mobility in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Av Rachel Simon-Kumar, Francis L. Collins m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
607 kr
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This book examines the relationship between migration, diversification and inequality in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The authors advance a view of migration as a diversifying force, arguing that it is necessary to grapple with the intersection of group identities, state policy and economic opportunities …
Ethiopian Migrant Domestic Workers
Migrant Agency and Social Change
Inbunden, 2019
607 kr
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This book tells the stories of the Ethiopian women who migrate to work as domestic workers in the Middle East. Drawing on qualitative research in Ethiopia, Lebanon and Kuwait, the author reveals how women’s aspirations to migrate are constituted within unequal gendered structures of opportunity in …
Governing Asian International Mobility in Australia
Av Xianlin Song, Greg McCarthy
Inbunden, 2019
537 kr
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This book examines the governance of Asian student and academic mobility, which has transformed the higher education landscape. While campuses are experiencing an unprecedented level of diversity, knowledge creation remains explicitly Eurocentric and dominated by the Global North. The authors …
Student Mobilities and International Education in Asia
Emotional Geographies of Knowledge Spaces
Av Ravinder K. Sidhu, Ho Kong Chong m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
551 kr
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This book investigates why students choose to study in key Asian cities, and how this trend relates to the strategic intent of states and universities to build ‘knowledge economies’ and ‘world-class’ profiles. Drawing on substantial theoretical and empirical research, the authors examine the …
Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees
Voices from Jordan and Lebanon
Av Juline Beaujouan, Amjed Rasheed
Inbunden, 2019
660 kr
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This edited volume investigates the political and socioeconomic impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Lebanon and Jordan, and these countries’ mechanisms to cope with the rapid influx of refugees. The sudden population increase has resulted in severe pressures on infrastructures and services, as …
Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees
Voices from Jordan and Lebanon
Av Juline Beaujouan, Amjed Rasheed
Häftad, 2020
660 kr
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This edited volume investigates the political and socioeconomic impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Lebanon and Jordan, and these countries’ mechanisms to cope with the rapid influx of refugees. The sudden population increase has resulted in severe pressures on infrastructures and services, as …
Sugarcane Labor Migration in Brazil
Inbunden, 2020
716 kr
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This book examines the experiences of seasonal, migrant sugarcane workers in Brazil, analyzing the deep-seated inequalities pervasive in contemporary Brazil. Education, employment, income, health, and relative political power are forefront in this study of the living and working conditions of the …
Sugarcane Labor Migration in Brazil
Häftad, 2021
716 kr
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This book examines the experiences of seasonal, migrant sugarcane workers in Brazil, analyzing the deep-seated inequalities pervasive in contemporary Brazil. Education, employment, income, health, and relative political power are forefront in this study of the living and working conditions of the …
Externalising Migration Governance Through Civil Society
Tunisia as a Case Study
Av Sabine Dini, Caterina Giusa
Inbunden, 2020
551 kr
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This book investigates how the externalisation of EU migration policies is implemented in Tunisia after the fall of the Ben Ali regime in 2011 through the involvement of civil society organisations. The ‘democratic transition’ initiated by the Tunisian Revolution led to the emergence of a ‘vibrant …
Externalising Migration Governance Through Civil Society
Tunisia as a Case Study
Av Sabine Dini, Caterina Giusa
Häftad, 2021
551 kr
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This book investigates how the externalisation of EU migration policies is implemented in Tunisia after the fall of the Ben Ali regime in 2011 through the involvement of civil society organisations. The ‘democratic transition’ initiated by the Tunisian Revolution led to the emergence of a ‘vibrant …
Syria: Borders, Boundaries, and the State
Inbunden, 2020
1534 kr
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This book explores the history of Syria’s borders and boundaries, from their creation (1920) until the civil war (2011) and their contestation by the Islamic State or the Kurdish movement. The volume’s main objective is to reconsider the “artificial” character of the Syrian territory and to reveal …
Syria: Borders, Boundaries, and the State
Häftad, 2021
1534 kr
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This book explores the history of Syria’s borders and boundaries, from their creation (1920) until the civil war (2011) and their contestation by the Islamic State or the Kurdish movement. The volume’s main objective is to reconsider the “artificial” character of the Syrian territory and to reveal …
Sanctuary Regions and the Struggle for Belonging
Undocumented Immigrants in the United States
Inbunden, 2020
551 kr
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This book argues that local governments and institutions across the state of California that offer various forms of sanctuaries to undocumented immigrants create “sanctuary regions.” These regions are safe zones for undocumented immigrants and facilitate their ability to make claims for human …
Sanctuary Regions and the Struggle for Belonging
Undocumented Immigrants in the United States
Häftad, 2021
551 kr
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This book argues that local governments and institutions across the state of California that offer various forms of sanctuaries to undocumented immigrants create “sanctuary regions.” These regions are safe zones for undocumented immigrants and facilitate their ability to make claims for human …
Migrants, Borders and the European Question
The Calais Jungle
Av Zaki Nahaboo, Nathan Kerrigan
Inbunden, 2021
716 kr
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This book examines how the Calais Jungle posed and addressed the European Question. The issue of who and what counts as European was articulated through this makeshift camp. The book argues that the Jungle acquired meaning as a localised struggle to define territory, borders, rights and refugees in …
Politics of Development and Forced Mobility
Gender, Indigeneity, Ecology
Inbunden, 2022
660 kr
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This book broadly analyzes the displacement or forced relocation of Adivasis Indigenous peoples from the Narmada Valley in India due to the construction and execution of a large development project, the Sardar Sarovar project, which has substantially transformed Adivasi lives, roles, practices, and …
Global Migration Governance from Below
Actors, Spaces, Discourses
Inbunden, 2022
551 kr
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After a long time of neglect, migration has entered the arena of international politics with a force. The 2018 Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration (GCM) is the latest and most comprehensive framework for global migration governance. Despite these dynamics, migration is still …
Bordering and Governmentality Around the Greek Islands
Inbunden, 2023
1316 kr
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This book focuses on processes of bordering and governmentality around the Greek border islands from the declaration of a ‘refugee crisis’ in the summer of 2015 up until the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The chapters trace the implementation of the EU migration hotspot approach across …
