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Migration, Development, and Transnationalization

Migration, Development, and Transnationalization

Paperback

Series: Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis, Book 12

EconomicsAnthropologyImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 0857451782
ISBN13: 9780857451781
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Nov 1 2010
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.45 Width: 4.37 Depth: 7.00
Language: English

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.

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