Migration in the Western Mediterranean: Space, Mobility and Borders (Routledge Advances in Mediterranean Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138101710 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Arab Spring has highlighted the Mediterranean as a migration region, and new research is now required to bring to light too often neglected mobility patterns and border practices that predate and outlast the tumultuous spring of 2011.The edited volume Space, Mobility and Borders in the Western Mediterranean tackles these contemporary issues related to migration in the Mediterranean region. It brings together high-quality, original academic contributions from both empirical and theoretical points of view by scholars from diverse disciplines, who draw upon Anglophone, Francophone, Spanish and Italian research. It reexamines borders in the light of a now full-blown body of literature that seeks to capture the complexity of their contemporary features beyond their most direct visual enactments, in particular the sweeping deployment of policing devices and operations along the North/South fault line. The upheavals of the Arab Spring grabbed the world’s immediate attention, and concern quickly grew ov
She is currently an external scientific collaborator at the Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies at the University of Liège.Hassan Bousetta is currently a Research Associate at the National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), member of the Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of LiègeCaroline Zickgraf is Research Fellow at the National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) and at the Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies, University of Liège. About the AuthorLaure-Anne Bernes holds a Phd in Political and Social Sciences from the University of Liège
She is currently an external scientific collaborator at the Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies at the University of Liège.Hassan Bousetta is currently a Research Associate at the National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), member of the Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of LiègeCar