Overview
- Produces an accurate description of contemporary population movements in the Americas based on empirical in-depth studies that underscore continuities and changes
- Offers an assessment of the overall influence of these new mobilities on the socioeconomic and political conditions and policies of states as well as on the condition of people (migrants and refugees)
- Establishes a fruitful interdisciplinary dialogue that clearly sharpens our understanding of the dynamic and complex nature of contemporary migration in the region
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About this book
This volume investigates new migration patterns in the Americas addressing continuities and changes in existing population movements in the region. The book explores migration conditions and intersections across time and space relying on a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach that brings together the expertise of transnational scholars with diverse theoretical orientations, strengths, and methodological approaches. Some of the themes this edited volume explores include main features of contemporary migration in the Americas; causes, composition, and patterns of new migration flows; and state policies enacted to meet the challenges posed by new developments in migration flows.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Contemporary Forms of Violence and Migration
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Political and Legal Responses to Changing Migration Patterns
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Lifestyle and High-Skilled North–South Migration
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Transatlantic and Transpacific Spaces of Migration
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New Patterns of South–South Intraregional Migration
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Reviews
“The volume provides a cohesive and much-needed update of migration flows in the region and challenges existing theories and paradigms to understand such flows. It is an excellent collection offering truly interdisciplinary transregional approaches and identifying new trends in the movement of people across and beyond the region.” (Alexandra Délano Alonso, author of From Here and There: Diaspora Policies, Integration and Social Rights Beyond Borders)
“It is hard to find a book investigating contemporary human mobility in the Americas this thoroughly. The contributions of different regional experts produce a comprehensive view of the complex migration dynamics that characterize mobility in this region, going beyond traditional research on south-north movements. This is a unique contribution to the literature on international and regional migration in the Americas that defies traditional paradigms.” (Laura Velasco Ortiz, co-author of Mexican Voices of the Border Region: Mexican and Mexican Americans Speak about Living along the Wall)
“This is an agenda-setting book that brings together issues and contemporary debates on human mobility from a regional perspective by analyzing new and old trends on migration in the Americas. This book proposes a new lens for examining mobility patterns in this region: it is a systematic study on the composition and dynamic of migration flows in the contemporary scenario characterized by the control politics and criminalization of immigrants and their families. This book must be read by all those interested in a better understanding of the migration-violence nexus and, consequently, new migration patterns in the region.” (Liliana Rivera-Sánchez, co-author of The Practice of Research on Migration and Mobilities)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Andreas E. Feldmann is Associate Professor of Political Science and Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, USA.
Xóchitl Bada is Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, USA.
Stephanie Schütze is Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the Lateinamerika-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Xóchitl Bada is Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, USA.
Stephanie Schütze is Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the Lateinamerika-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Migration Patterns in the Americas
Book Subtitle: Challenges for the 21st Century
Editors: Andreas E. Feldmann, Xóchitl Bada, Stephanie Schütze
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89384-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89383-9Published: 11 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07756-3Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89384-6Published: 25 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 354
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American Politics, Comparative Politics, Conflict Studies, Citizenship, Sociology of Citizenship