Contested Concepts in Migration Studies
Contested Concepts in Migration Studies by Ricard Zapata-Barrero, published by Routledge in 2022, is a comprehensive examination of the complexities surrounding migration and diversity-related concepts. This 260-page volume provides a critical awareness of the intricate questions that drive migration studies, emphasizing the contested nature of these concepts in various contexts, including public discourse, academic disciplines, and policy-making.
Readers will find that this book enhances conceptual thinking by exploring how concepts are influenced by ideology, politics, context, and language. Each chapter contributes to a deeper understanding of how recent political events challenge traditional views on migration and diversity, necessitating a reevaluation of established political concepts. The work is particularly relevant for students, scholars, and practitioners in fields such as migration studies, political science, and sociology, offering insights into the interplay between concepts and the evolving landscape of migration and integration.
Official synopsis Publisher
This volume demonstrates that migration- and diversity-related concepts are always contested, and provides a reflexive critical awareness and better comprehension of the complex questions driving migration studies. The main purpose of this volume is to enhance conceptual thinking on migration studies.
Examining interaction between concepts in the public domain, the academic disciplines, and the policy field, this book helps to avoid simplification or even trivialization of complex issues. Recent political events question established ways of looking at issues of migration and diversity and require a clarification or reinvention of political concepts to match the changing world. Applying five basic dimensions, each expert chapter contribution reflects on the role concepts play and demonstrates that concepts are ideology dependent, policy/politics dependent, context dependent, discipline dependent, and language dependent, and are influenced by how research is done, how policies are formulated, and how political debates extend and distort them.
This book will be essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in migration studies/politics, migrant integration, citizenship studies, racism studies, and more broadly of key interest to sociology, political science, and political theory.
Publisher
Topics
FAQ
What is “Contested Concepts in Migration Studies” about?
Who is the author of “Contested Concepts in Migration Studies”?
When was “Contested Concepts in Migration Studies” published?
What is the ISBN for “Contested Concepts in Migration Studies”?
What are the book details (language, pages, edition)?
