Gender, Migration and Categorisation: Making Distinctions Between Migrants in Western Countries, 1945-2010 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 908964573X ISBN 13: 9789089645739

Casa editrice: Amsterdam Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

This collection explores how Western countries have historically distinguished between categories of migrants—such as labor, refugee, family, and postcolonial migrants. Covering France, the United States, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark, the contributors explain how concepts such as “refugee,” “family,” and “difference” have been defined through policy and public debate. Tightly intertwined, these definitions are continuously changing with the economic and geopolitical climate, as well as in relation to migrants’ gender, class, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and countries of destination and origin.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Marlou Schrover is professor of migration history and social differences at Leiden University. Deirdre M. Moloney is director of fellowships advising at Princeton University.

Marlou Schrover is a professor of migration history and social differences at Leiden University.

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Deze titel is onderdeel van de OAPEN Library - http://www.oapen.org. |Marlou Schrover is Universitair Hoofddocent Sociale Geschiedenis

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

All people are equal, according to Thomas Jefferson, but all migrants are not. This volume looks at how they are distinguished in France, the United States, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark made through history between migrants and how these were justified in policies and public debates. The chapters form a triptych, addressing in three clusters the problematization of questions such as 'who is a refugee', 'who is family' and 'what is difference'. The chapters in this volume show that these are not separate issues. They intersect in ways that vary according to countries of origin and settlement, economic climate, geopolitical situation, as well as by gender, and by class, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation of the migrants.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Amsterdam Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 908964573X
• ISBN 13: 9789089645739
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 268
• Redattore: Schrover Marlou, Moloney Deirdre M.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile