Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands: Aspirations and Incorporation

0. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-90-8964-643-9
Verlag: AMSTERDAM UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 514 g

Reihe: IMISCOE Research

In Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands, Masja van Meeteren studies the different ways in which irregular migrants live in Belgium and the Netherlands. The book offers an empirically grounded theoretical critique of the dominant research practice that focuses on 'survival strategies', relies on comparisons of migrant communities and overemphasizes structural explanations. Instead, Irregular Migrants takes irregular migrants´ aspirations as a starting point of analysis.

Based on this innovative research approach, key questions are answered regarding the lives of irregular migrants. How can we understand their patterns of economic and social incorporation, the transnational activities they engage in, and the significance of different forms of capital? Drawing on intensive participant observation, as well as more than two hundred in-depth interviews with irregular migrants and representatives of organizations that are involved with them, Irregular Migrants develops much-needed contextualized insights. As such, it sheds new light on previous research findings and various deadlocked scholarly debates on irregular migrants in Western societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meeteren, Masja van

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1: IRREGULAR MIGRATION AS A FACT OF LIFE CHAPTER 2: BEYOND VICTIMS AND COMMUNITIES: BRINGING IN ASPIRATIONS CHAPTER 3: STUDYING ASPIRATIONS CHAPTER 4: IMMIGRATION POLICIES IN BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS CHAPTER 5: INVESTMENT, SETTLEMENT AND LEGALISATION ASPIRATIONS CHAPTER 6: LIVING DIFFERENT DREAMS (I): ASPIRATIONS AND FUNCTIONAL INCORPORATION CHAPTER 7: LIVING DIFFERENT DREAMS (II): ASPIRATIONS AND SOCIAL INCORPORATION CHAPTER 8: ASPIRATIONS AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES CHAPTER 9: STRIVING FOR A BETTER POSITION: ASPIRATIONS AND THE ROLE OF ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CAPITAL CHAPTER 10: ASSESSING A NEW PERSPECTIVE References Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Meeteren, Masja van
Masja van Meeteren works as an Assistant Professor in the department of Criminology at Leiden University.

"http://law.leiden.edu/organisation/criminology/staff/meeterenmjvan1.html" target="_blank">Masja van Meeteren works as an Assistant Professor in the department of Criminology at Leiden University.