ABSTRACT A critical review of the state-of-the-art in migration studies. The paper centres on
a contrast between established comparative scholarship–elaborating progressive models of …

The notion of 'immigrant integration'is used everywhere–by politicians, policy makers,
journalists and researchers–as an all-encompassing framework for rebuilding 'unity from …

Over the past few years, increased 'unauthorised'migrations into the territories of Europe
have resulted in one of the most severe crises in the history of the European Union. Stierl …

Lives in Transit chronicles the dangerous journeys of Central American migrants in transit
through Mexico. Drawing on fieldwork in humanitarian aid shelters and other key sites …

The concept of 'immigrant integration'performs two kinds of discursive work:(1) it turns the
gaze of social scientists, politicians, and the engaged public away from the actual ways in …

This article advances the understanding of borders with respect to their epistemological,
ontological, and empirical intersections with violence and conflict, which remain …

The multi-level governance (MLG) approach is widely used to understand the complex
processes of immigration policymaking. In this literature review, we consider both (i) the …

Through the concepts of the 'coloniality of asylum'and 'solidarity as method', this book links
the question of the state to the one of civil society; in so doing, it questions the idea of …

This special issue focuses on migrants' self-organised strategies in relation to housing in
Europe, namely the collective squatting of vacant buildings and land. In particular, the …

In Militarized Global Apartheid Catherine Besteman offers a sweeping theorization of the
ways in which countries from the global north are reproducing South Africa's apartheid …