Irregular migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands : aspirations and incorporation / Masja van Meeteren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meeteren, Masja van.

Series:

IMISCOE research.

IMISCOE research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens.

Emigration and immigration.

Noncitizens--Netherlands.

Noncitizens--Belgium.

Immigrants--Netherlands.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Belgium.

Netherlands.

Belgium.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Proposing an empirically grounded theoretical critique of the dominant research practice that focuses on survival strategies, van Meeteren takes irregular migrants aspirations as a starting point of analysis. Drawing on intensive participant observation, as well as more than 200 in-depth interviews with irregular migrants and representatives of organisations working with them, she develops much-needed contextualised insights and sheds new light on earlier debates on this top-of the-agenda subject area.

Contents:

Front matter

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-69814-X

1-04-079874-8

90-485-2308-7

9781003698142

OCLC:

892484411