Migration, Development, and Transnationalization

A Critical Stance
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-85745-178-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 111 mm x 178 mm, Gewicht: 181 g

Reihe: Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis

The relationship between migration and development is becoming an important field of study, yet the fundamentals – analytical tools, conceptual framework, political stance – are not being called into question or dialogue. This volume provides a valuable alternative perspective to the current literature as the contributors explore the contradictory discourses about migration and the role these discourses play in perpetuating inequality and a global regime of militarized surveillance. The assumptions surrounding the assymetrical transfers of resources that accompany migration are deeply skewed and continue to reflect the interests of the most powerful states and the institutions that serve their interests. Those who seek to address the morass of development failure, vitriolic attacks on immigrants, or sanguine views about migrant agency are challenged by this volume to put aside their methodological nationalism and pursue alternative pathways out of the quagmire of poverty, violence, and fear that is enveloping the globe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schiller, Nina Glick

Faist, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Migration, Development, and Social Transformation

Nina Glick Schiller and Thomas Faist



Chapter 1. A Global Perspective on Migration and Development

Nina Glick Schiller



Chapter 2. Transnationalization and Development: Toward an Alternative Agenda

Thomas Faist



Chapter 3. Politicizing the Transnational: On Implications for Migrants, Refugees, and Scholarship

Riina Isotalo



Chapter 4. Understanding the Relationship between Migration and Development: Toward a New Theoretical Approach

Raúl Delgado Wise and Humberto Márquez Covarrubias



Chapter 5. Adversary Analysis and the Quest for Global Development: Optimizing the Dynamic Conflict of Interest in Transnational Migration

Binod Khadria



Notes on Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Faist, Thomas
Thomas Faist is Professor of Transnational and Development Studies in the Department of Sociology, Bielefeld University. He serves on the editorial board of The Sociological Quarterly, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Migration Letters, and South Asian Diaspora.

Schiller, Nina Glick
Nina Glick Schiller is Director of the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures and Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester and the founding editor of the journal Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power.

Nina Glick Schiller is Director of the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures and Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester and the founding editor of the journal Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power.