Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands : Aspirations and Incorporation /

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...

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Main Author: Meeteren, Masja van (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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.