Global Human Smuggling – Comparative Perspectives 2e - Softcover

Kyle, David; Koslowski, Rey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421401983 ISBN 13: 9781421401980

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Ten years ago the topic of human smuggling and trafficking was relatively new for academic researchers, though the practice itself is very old. Since the first edition of this volume was published, much has changed globally, directly impacting the phenomenon of human smuggling. Migrant smuggling and human trafficking are now more entrenched than ever in many regions, with efforts to combat them both largely unsuccessful and often counterproductive. This book explores human smuggling in several forms and regions, globally examining its deep historic, social, economic, and cultural roots and its broad political consequences. Contributors to the updated and expanded edition consider the trends and events of the past several years, especially in light of developments after 9/11 and the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They also reflect on the moral economy of human smuggling and trafficking, the increasing percentage of the world's asylum seekers who escape political violence only by being smuggled, and the implications of human smuggling in a warming world.

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About the Authors

David Kyle is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California at Davis. He is the author of Transnational Peasants: Migrations, Networks, and Ethnicity in Andean Ecuador.

Rey Koslowski is an associate professor of political science, public policy, and informatics at the University at Albany (SUNY).

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1421401983
• ISBN 13: 9781421401980
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384