Illegal migration and gender in a global and historical perspective /

"Two issues come to the fore in current debates over migration: illegal migration and the role of gender in illegal migration. This incisive study combines the two subjects and views the migration scholarship through the lens of the gender perspective, investigating definitions of citizenship a...

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Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Schrover, Marlou, 1959- (Editor), Leun, Joanne van der (Editor), Lucassen, Leo, 1959- (Editor), Quispel, G. C., 1947- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2008]
Series:	IMISCOE research.
Subjects:	Illegal aliens. Human smuggling. Emigration and immigration > Sex differences. TRUE CRIME > General. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General. Society and social sciences. Sociology and anthropology. Electronic books. Electronic book.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	"Two issues come to the fore in current debates over migration: illegal migration and the role of gender in illegal migration. This incisive study combines the two subjects and views the migration scholarship through the lens of the gender perspective, investigating definitions of citizenship and the differences in mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion for men and women, producing a comprehensive account of illegal migration in Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Mexico, Malaysia, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East over the nineteenth- and the twentieth centuries"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9789048506323 9048506328 1282067923 9781282067929