Sandoval-García Exclusion and Forced Migration in Central America

No More Walls
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-51923-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 120 Seiten

Reihe: Political Science and International Studies

This book marks a critical contribution to the intercultural dialogue about immigration. Each year, thousands of Central Americans leave their countries and walk across Mexico, seeking to reach the United States. The author explores the dispossession process that drives these migrants from their homes and argues that they are caught in a kind of trap: forced to emigrate, but impeded to immigrate. This trap is discussed empirically through the analysis of immigration policies implemented by the United States government and ethnographic fieldwork carried out in some of “albergues” (shelters).

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandoval-García, Carlos

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction .- 2. ‘They Flee, Not Travel’: War, Dispossession and Migration .- 3. ‘Death Drop by Drop neither Hurts nor Angers Official Circles’: The Securitization of Migration .- 4. ‘What Have We Done? Well, Nothing and Everything’: The Shelter Experience .- 5. Conclusion: Resources of Hope.

Über Autor(innen)

Carlos Sandoval-Garcia  is Professor at the Institute for Social Research, University of Costa Rica.