Governments, civil society, and policymakers assert the potential of international migration to
foster development and alleviate poverty. Often such claims are rooted in macroscale …

This article explores refugee economic subjectivity in the context of restrictive asylum
policies and disrupted transnational family lives. Drawing on fieldwork with young Syrian …

Abstract South Korean immigration to Canada has increased since the East Asian economic
crisis of the late 1990s. Korean immigrants in Winnipeg chose the city for many reasons: the …

Sugar consumption recently has become an object of political deliberation in the context of
public health concerns about “obesity” and high prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes. Mexico …

Based on research in the Totonacapan region in Veracruz, Mexico, we examine left-behind
children's perceptions of migration to the United States (“el otro lado”) as manifest in their …

This dissertation is primarily focused on migration and food security linkages, more
specifically the impact of migrants' remittances on household food security, and the role of …

In the spring of 2011, members of Rotary International in Córdoba, Veracruz came to visit a
collective of women known as “Las Patronas.” The Rotarians had read about the group in …

In cities across Latin America, street vendors are an ever-present part of urban life. While
street vendors have a long history in Latin American cities, their presence is also connected …

Abstract Using the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) and binary logistic
regression analysis, I determine the odds of settlement in the US during the Great Recession …

I start the introduction with a vignette that depicts social interaction between migrants in the
Georgian restaurant SUN. DAY terrace in Prague. The vignette presents a fragment of …