Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Migration (Elgar Handbooks in Migration)

This innovative Handbook sets out a conceptual and analytical framework for the critical appraisal of migration governance. Global and interdisciplinary in scope, the chapters are organised across six key themes: conceptual debates; categorisations of migration; governance regimes; processes; spaces of migration governance; and mobilisations around it. Leading international contributors critically assess categorisations and conceptualisations of migration to address theoretical concerns including transnationalism and de-colonisation, climate change, development, humanitarianism, bordering, technologies and the role of time. They closely examine practices of migration governance and politics, and their effects, across diverse spaces, processes and forms of mobilisation. They draw on up-to-date examples from across the globe in order to examine how migrants, whether forced or voluntary, are governed. Reviewing the latest developments in migration governance research through empirically rich and conceptually concise appraisals, the Handbook problematises orthodox perspectives and discusses how a critical reading can add to our understanding of the governance and politics of migration.This Handbook is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of migration, human rights and public policy. Its interdisciplinary approach and wide range of empirical examples will also be useful for policy makers in these fields. Review ‘This Handbook is an interesting and well-structured read for those wanting to become acquainted with the field of migration theory. Both experienced researchers and students at the beginning of their journey in the field of migration studies and adjacent disciplines can benefit from this publication. The chapters of this book provide insightful reading material for introduction courses about migration governance or migration more general.’ -- Lara Wilhelmine Hoffmann, Nordicum-Mediterraneum‘Migration is one of the most contentious political issues globally today. This volume provides an excellent route-map of how to understand, analyse and politicise beyond the binaries through which these contentions are staged by exploring how it is governed. A must-read for those researching the politics of mobility.’ -- Parvati Raghuram, The Open University, UK‘An important and critical Handbook that unpacks what is behind the governance of migration. Countering the depoliticization of migration discourses and policies, this book provides a comprehensive account of the processes and institutions involved, the spaces where governance happens, and the tensions and contradictions within it. This Handbook is a valuable companion to students and researchers and to the interested citizen.’ -- Anna Triandafyllidou, Ryerson University, Canada'A great line up of contributors provide rich, informative, engaged and engaging analyses of how governance systems play a key role in shaping migration: through their operation and effects, their inclusion and omissions, and the ways in which we understand it as a social and political challenge. It is a testament to the editors and contributors that they have put together such an inspiring collection of essays that expertly synthesise existing debates while setting agendas for future research.' -- Andrew Geddes, European University Institute, Italy About the Author Edited by Emma Carmel, Associate Professor, Department of Social and Policy Sciences and Katharina Lenner, Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK and Regine Paul, Associate Professor, Comparative Policy Studies, Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway