Crisis and migration : critical perspectives /
Crisis and migration have a long association, in popular and policy discourse as well as in social scientific analysis. Despite the emergence of more nuanced and even celebratory accounts of mobility in recent years, there remains a persistent emphasis on migration being either a symptom or a cause...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in development, mobilities, and migration.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Crisis and migration have a long association, in popular and policy discourse as well as in social scientific analysis. Despite the emergence of more nuanced and even celebratory accounts of mobility in recent years, there remains a persistent emphasis on migration being either a symptom or a cause of crisis. Moreover, in the context of a recent series of headline-hitting and politically controversial situations, terms like 'migration crisis' and 'crisis migration' are acquiring increasing currency among policy-makers and academics. Crisis and Migration provides fresh perspectives on this routine association, critically examining a series of politically controversial situations around the world. Drawing on first-hand research into the Arab uprisings, conflict and famine in the Horn of Africa, cartel violence in Latin America, the global economic crisis, and immigration 'crises' from East Asia to Southern Africa to Europe, the book's contributors situate a set of contemporary crises within longer histories of social change and human mobility, showing the importance of treating crisis and migration as contextualised processes, rather than isolated events. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 211 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136157264 1136157263 9780203078846 |