Rethinking Transit Migration
Precarity, Mobility, and Self-Making in Mexico
Published on 29. April 2016
X, 119 pages
978-1-137-50975-8 (ISBN)
Description
Questioning the notion of transit migration, the book examines factors that shape Central American migrants' mobility and immobility in the transnational space, comprised on Central American countries, Mexico, and the US.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
X, 119 p.
File size
1,80 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-50975-8 (9781137509758)
DOI
10.1057/9781137509758
Schweitzer Classification
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Tanya Basok | Danièle Bélanger | Martha Luz Rojas Wiesner
Rethinking Transit Migration
Precarity, Mobility, and Self-Making in Mexico
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Rethinking Transit Migration
Precarity, Mobility, and Self-Making in Mexico
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Persons
Tanya Basok is Professor at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at the University of Windsor, Canada. Her research focuses principally on migration, citizenship, and migrant rights.
Danièle Bélanger is Professor at the Département de Géographie at the Université Laval, Canada. Her research focuses on international migration within Asia and the Americas.
Martha Luz Rojas Wiesner is Professor at the Departamento de Sociedad y Cultura at the Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico. Her research focuses on international female migration from Central America to Mexico.
Guillermo Candiz is Researcher at the Département de Géographie at the Université Laval, Canada. His research interests include development studies, migration, and migrants' mobility.
Danièle Bélanger is Professor at the Département de Géographie at the Université Laval, Canada. Her research focuses on international migration within Asia and the Americas.
Martha Luz Rojas Wiesner is Professor at the Departamento de Sociedad y Cultura at the Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico. Her research focuses on international female migration from Central America to Mexico.
Guillermo Candiz is Researcher at the Département de Géographie at the Université Laval, Canada. His research interests include development studies, migration, and migrants' mobility.
Content
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyrights
- Contents
- Series Editors' Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 From Transit to Mobility:Characteristics and Concepts
- 2 The Context of Precarity: Actors and Spaces
- 3 Trajectories of Precarity and Mobility: Places and Actors
- 4 Techniques of the Self in the Face of Precarity
- 5 Towards Dignity and Security
- Appendix: The List of Migrants Interviewed in This Study, by Place of Origin, Age, and Gender
- References
- Index
