Gender, Migration and Categorisation: Making Distinctions between Migrants in Western Countries, 1945-2010 (IMISCOE Research) - Softcover

Moloney, Deirdre M.

 
9789089645739: Gender, Migration and Categorisation: Making Distinctions between Migrants in Western Countries, 1945-2010 (IMISCOE Research)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 908964573X ISBN 13: 9789089645739
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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

From the Back Cover

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

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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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
908964573X
ISBN 13 
9789089645739
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
268
Editor
Schrover Marlou