UID:
almahu_9949602152502882
Format:
1 online resource (251 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783030409036
Series Statement:
IMISCOE Research Series
Note:
Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Research Questions and Design -- 1.2 Structure of the Book -- Bibliography -- Part I: Theoretical Study -- Chapter 2: The Study of Irregular Migration -- 2.1 Definition and Taxonomies -- 2.2 Irregular Migration from an Historical Perspective -- 2.3 Numbers -- 2.4 State Policies and Irregular Migration -- 2.4.1 Policy Formation -- 2.4.2 Policies that Affect Irregular Migration -- 2.4.3 Policy Implementation -- 2.5 Irregular Migrants Lived Experience -- 2.5.1 Life, Adaptation and Social Interactions -- 2.5.2 Work and Subsistence -- 2.5.3 Irregular Migrants' Counterstrategies -- 2.6 The Consequences of Irregular Migration -- 2.6.1 Economic Consequences -- 2.6.2 Political Consequences and Social Consequences -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Irregular Migration Theories -- 3.1 The Gap Hypothesis Debate -- 3.1.1 Is There a Gap? -- 3.1.2 What Gaps? -- 3.2 Irregular Migration as States' Failure -- 3.2.1 Intrinsic Limitations of States and Policies -- 3.2.2 External Constraints of States and Irregular Migration -- The Effects of Globalization: Economy, Politics and Society -- Economic Globalization and Irregular Migration -- Political/Legal Globalization and Irregular Migration -- Social Globalization and Irregular Migration -- The Irregular Migration Industry -- 3.2.3 Internal Constraints of States and Irregular Migration -- The Role of the Informal Economy -- The Role of Migrants' Agency -- Internal Social Constraints -- 3.3 Irregular Migration as Choice of States -- 3.3.1 State Imperatives and Irregular Migration -- State Sovereignty and Irregular Migration -- Governmentality Techniques and Irregular Migration -- Self-Restraint of States and Irregular Migration -- 3.3.2 States and Social Demands -- Economic Interests and Irregular Migration.
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The State as a Broker of Social Demands: Pragmatic Solutions, Symbolic Policies -- 3.4 Critical Discussion of the Main Theoretical Explanations of Irregular Migration -- 3.4.1 Irregular Migration as an Undifferentiated, Mono-causal Phenomenon -- 3.4.2 Epistemological Problems and Reductionisms -- The Double-Edged Heritage of Methodological Nationalism -- Reductionisms: The State and Society -- Reductionisms: Social Interactions -- The Sedentary Bias -- 3.4.3 Summary: Problematic Aspects in the Theorizing of Irregular Migration -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Understanding Irregular Migration Through a Social Systems Perspective -- 4.1 The Semantics of the Modern State and Society -- 4.2 Elements of Niklas Luhmann's Social Systems Theory -- 4.2.1 Systems -- 4.2.2 Social Systems and Society -- 4.2.3 Social Differentiation and Modern Society -- 4.2.4 Modern Society as World Society -- 4.2.5 The State Beyond Modern State Semantics -- 4.3 Irregular Migration as a Structural Phenomenon of World Society -- 4.3.1 Migration in World Society -- 4.3.2 States and Migrants -- 4.3.3 Irregular Migration as a Structural Phenomenon of World Society -- 4.3.4 Irregular Migration as a Differentiated Sociological Phenomenon -- Irregular Migration as a Status -- Irregular Migration and States -- Irregular Migration and Society -- Irregular Migrants -- 4.4 Conclusion. A Systemic Analytical Framework for Irregular Migration -- 4.4.1 What Advantages? -- Bibliography -- Part II: Empirical Study -- Chapter 5: Methodological Note -- 5.1 Research Design and Research Questions -- 5.2 Selection of the Cases -- 5.3 Fieldwork Methodology, Strategies and Limitations -- 5.3.1 Key Informant Interviews -- 5.3.2 Participant Observation -- 5.3.3 In Depth-Interviews -- 5.3.4 Study Limitations -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Ecuadorian Migration in Amsterdam and Madrid: The Structural Contexts.
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6.1 Ecuadorian Emigration -- 6.2 The Netherlands as Irregular Migration Context -- 6.2.1 Migration History and Contemporary Trends -- 6.2.2 Irregular Migration Estimations -- 6.2.3 Migration Regime -- 6.2.4 Economics, Labour Market and Underground Economy -- 6.2.5 The Welfare Regime in the Netherlands -- 6.2.6 Politics, Public Opinion, Migration -- 6.3 Spain as an Irregular Migration Context -- 6.3.1 Migration History and Contemporary Trends -- 6.3.2 Irregular Migration Estimations -- 6.3.3 Migration Regime -- 6.3.4 Economics, Labour Market and Underground Economy -- 6.3.5 The Welfare Regime in Spain -- 6.3.6 Politics, Public Opinion, Migration -- 6.4 Conclusion: Assessing Contextual Differences -- 6.4.1 Migration History and Contemporary Trends -- 6.4.2 Irregular Migration Estimations and Trends -- 6.4.3 Migration Regime -- 6.4.4 Economics, Labour Market and Underground Economy -- 6.4.5 Welfare Regime -- 6.4.6 Politics, Public Opinion, Migration -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Ecuadorian Irregular Migrants in Amsterdam and Madrid: The Lived Experience -- 7.1 Legal Trajectories and Regularization Channels -- 7.1.1 Legal Trajectories and Regularization Channels in Amsterdam -- 7.1.2 Legal Trajectories and Regularization Channels in Madrid -- 7.1.3 Comparison -- 7.2 Regularization Strategies -- 7.2.1 Regularization Strategies in Amsterdam -- 7.2.2 Regularization Strategies in Madrid -- 7.2.3 Comparison -- 7.3 Work -- 7.3.1 Work in Amsterdam -- Sectors -- Conditions -- Controls and Strategies -- 7.3.2 Work in Madrid -- Sectors -- Conditions -- Controls and Strategies -- 7.3.3 Comparison -- 7.4 Internal Controls -- 7.4.1 Internal Controls in Amsterdam -- 7.4.2 Internal Controls in Madrid -- 7.4.3 Comparison -- 7.5 Housing and Healthcare -- 7.5.1 Amsterdam -- Housing -- Healthcare -- 7.5.2 Madrid -- Housing -- Healthcare -- 7.5.3 Comparison.
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7.6 Irregular Migration Realities in Amsterdam and Madrid -- 7.6.1 Amsterdam -- 7.6.2 Madrid -- Part III: Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Steps Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration -- 8.1 Explaining Irregular Migration in Madrid and Amsterdam -- 8.1.1 Ecuadorian Irregular Migration in Amsterdam and Madrid: The Weaknesses of "Classic" Theoretical Explanations -- 8.1.2 Ecuadorian Irregular Migration in Amsterdam and Madrid: An Attempt to Explain It Through a Social Systems Perspective -- Contexts -- Irregular Migration Realities -- Assessing Systemic Relations -- 8.2 Further Steps Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration -- 8.2.1 An Analytical Framework for Irregular Migration -- 8.2.2 Study Strengths and Limitations.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Echeverría, Gabriel Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2020 ISBN 9783030409029
Language:
English
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