Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands : Aspirations and Incorporation /
Meeteren, Masja van,
Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands : Aspirations and Incorporation / Masja van Meeteren. - 1 online resource (240 pages). - IMISCOE research . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
Open Access
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 with irregular migrants and representatives of organisations working with them, she develops much-needed contextualised insights and sheds new light on earlier debates on this top-of the-agenda subject area.
9789048523085
Immigrants.
Emigration and immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
HISTORY--Western.--Europe
Migration, immigration and emigration.
Social issues and processes.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences.
Immigration clandestine--Pays-Bas.
Immigration clandestine--Belgique.
Illegal immigration--Netherlands.
Illegal immigration--Belgium.
Noncitizens--Netherlands.
Noncitizens--Belgium.
Immigrants--Netherlands.
Immigrants--Belgium.
Netherlands.
Belgium.
Pays-Bas--Émigration et immigration.
Netherlands--Emigration and immigration.
Belgium--Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands : Aspirations and Incorporation / Masja van Meeteren. - 1 online resource (240 pages). - IMISCOE research . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
Open Access
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 with irregular migrants and representatives of organisations working with them, she develops much-needed contextualised insights and sheds new light on earlier debates on this top-of the-agenda subject area.
9789048523085
Immigrants.
Emigration and immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
HISTORY--Western.--Europe
Migration, immigration and emigration.
Social issues and processes.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences.
Immigration clandestine--Pays-Bas.
Immigration clandestine--Belgique.
Illegal immigration--Netherlands.
Illegal immigration--Belgium.
Noncitizens--Netherlands.
Noncitizens--Belgium.
Immigrants--Netherlands.
Immigrants--Belgium.
Netherlands.
Belgium.
Pays-Bas--Émigration et immigration.
Netherlands--Emigration and immigration.
Belgium--Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.