Format:
1 Online-Ressource
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10 halftones
ISBN:
9789048523085
Series Statement:
IMISCOE Research
Content:
This book surveys the many different ways in which irregular migrants settle and make a living in Belgium and the Netherlands. Offering an empirically grounded theoretical critique of the dominant research’s focus on survival strategies, overreliance on comparisons of migrant communities, and overemphasis on structural explanations, Masja van Meeteren instead takes the aspirations of irregular migrants as her starting point, which opens up fascinating new questions about their lives and roles in their new home nations.
Note:
Frontmatter -- -- Content -- -- Acknowledgements -- -- 1. Irregular Migration as a Fact of Life -- -- 2. Beyond Victims and Communities -- -- 3. Studying Aspirations -- -- 4. Immigration Policies in Belgium and the Netherlands -- -- 5. Investment, Settlement and Legalisation Aspirations -- -- 6. Living Different Dreams (I) -- -- 7. Living Different Dreams (II) -- -- 8. Aspirations and Transnational Activities -- -- 9. Striving for a Better Position -- -- 10. Assessing a New Perspective -- -- Appendices -- -- References
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9789048523085
URL:
Volltext
(Open Access)
