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Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2022 10:16
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Race and sameness: on the limits of beyond race and the art of staying with the trouble
In this commentary I argue that rather than going beyond race, we need to āstay with the troubleā of race (Haraway 2016). Race, I want to suggest, is precisely ātroubleā because it is produced and sustained in...
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Extending mixed embeddedness to a multi-dimensional concept of transnational entrepreneurship
Migrant entrepreneurship in times of transnational migration go beyond locally serving markets and increasingly operate transnationally. The mixed embeddedness by Kloosterman and Rath has become the main conce...
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A crisis mode in migration governance: comparative and analytical insights
This paper takes stock of the emerging literature on the governance and framing of both migration and asylum as ācrisesā. This study carries forward this line of thinking by showing how the crisis governance o...
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āThis is not how we talk about race anymoreā: approaching mixed race in Australia
Discussions about how to talk about race are ubiquitous among academics seeking to balance the recognition that race is a social construct with the very real effects of racial stratification. Naming race is se...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2022 10:11 -
Migration drivers and migration choice: interrogating responses to migration and development interventions in West Africa
The notion of migration as being at least partly about āchoiceā is deeply rooted in both academic thought and public policy. Recent contributions have considered migration choice as step-wise in nature, involv...
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What does it mean to āgo beyond raceā?
In this commentary piece, we argue that we must interrogate the meaning of race and examine why and how race does matter in different societies across contexts before we can even consider moving ābeyond race.ā We...
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A help or hindrance? Highly educated refugeesā perceptions of the role of civic integration programmes in accessing the labour market in Oslo, Malmƶ and Munich
Research often focuses on individual-level factors shaping refugee labour market participation. Less research has been conducted on the implications of the roles of employers, integration programmes, migrant s...
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Researching arts, culture, migration and change: a multi (trans)disciplinary challenge for international migration studies
The paper first discusses why it is important to research the relations between migration, arts, and cultures. Second, it discusses the most promising methodological options to do it fruitfully. It concludes b...
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Correction to: Beyond race?
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2022 10:6 -
Embracing uncertainty: rethinking migration policy through pastoralistsā experiences
Today there is a disjuncture between migration flows that are complex, mixed and constantly evolving and the emerging global migration governance paradigm that seeks to impose clarity, certainty, regularity an...
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Beyond race?
While at the moment the world seems to be divided along racial lines and āraceā appears to be a central axe of social inclusion and exclusion, in this article we ask whether it is thinkable to go ābeyond raceā...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2022 10:4 -
We are all migrants
Migration is the basis for developmentāeconomic, social, and psychological. In this paper I will examine borders on migration that entail the ambivalent relating by the societal context of migration to the act...
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Multifocality and opportunity structure: towards a mixed embeddedness model for transnational migrant entrepreneurship
This article addresses transnational migrant entrepreneurship, which refers to migrants involved in cross-border entrepreneurial activities. Previous models and concepts in migrant entrepreneurship studies hav...
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Global migration governance from below in times of COVID-19 and āZoomificationā: civil society in āinvited ā and āinvented ā spaces
The global pandemic has resulted in ad hoc unilateral policies on migration, mobility and border management while at the same time emphasizing the need for global cooperation. For global governance in this fie...
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Organisations and the production of migration and in/exclusion
The introductory article of this Special Issue explores the potential of an organisational perspective in comparative migration studies and for migration studies more broadly. Although organisations shape migr...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:60 -
Socio and ethno-cultural embeddedness of transnational Nigerian immigrant entrepreneurs in Ghana
Transnational Nigerian immigrant entrepreneurs have been in Ghana for a long time, operating by utilizing a wide range of resources available to them. Key among these resources are their own socio and ethno-cu...
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Measuring migration 2.0: a review of digital data sources
The interest in human migration is at its all-time high, yet data to measure migration is notoriously limited. āBig dataā or ādigital trace dataā have emerged as new sources of migration measurement complement...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:59 -
Schools as spaces for in/exclusion of young Mainland Chinese students and families in Hong Kong
Around 30,000 children living in Shenzhen, Mainland China cross the border to Hong Kong to attend school every day. This paper focuses on the school as a key meso-level organisation that mediates macro-level p...
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Polish immigrants and their children in Canada and Sweden, employment status and income patterns
Using a combination of logit, and OLS regressions we ask if the labour force outcomes for Polish immigrants differ across two immigration policy regimes (Canada and Sweden). Specifically, we compare the employ...
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Conquering the labour market: the socioeconomic enablement of refugee women in Austria
Refugee women from the Near and Middle East face specific challenges when entering the Austrian labour market. Particularly gender-based factors, including care and reproductive work, exert pressure on these w...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:53 -
Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan
Japan and the UK are long-established countries of immigration which although having different histories both share experience as colonial powers which have shaped their somewhat hostile attitudes towards migr...
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A comparative analysis of changes in anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim attitudes in Europe: 1990ā2017
Muslims and immigrants have both been subjected to negative attitudes over the past several decades in Europe. Using data from the European Values Study, this study analyses the changes in these attitudes in t...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:57 -
Towards a typology of social protection for migrants and refugees in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 health crisis has put to the test Latin Americaās already precarious social protection systems. This paper comparatively examines what type of social protection has been provided, by whom, and to ...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:52 -
Social remittances during COVID-19: on the ānew normalityā negotiated by transnational families
Social remittances- the transfer of ideas, practices, and codes of behaviors- are a well-documented subject in migrant transnationalism literature and transnational family studies. However, the COVID-19 (coron...
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Challenges of reverse migration in India: a comparative study of internal and international migrant workers in the post-COVID economy
In India, the major drivers of both internal and international migration are the prevailing unemployment, competitive labour market and enhanced livelihood prospects in the destination state or country. Howeve...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:49 -
Narratives: a review of concepts, determinants, effects, and uses in migration research
Narratives are increasingly cited by scholars, international organisations, NGOs, and governments as one of the most powerful factors in migration politics and policymaking today. However, narratives are typic...
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Migration outside large cities: a comparison of the hiring of migrants for the food processing industry in the United States and Japan
Recent studies suggest that the hiring of migrants in the food processing industry has increased the migrant population outside large cities among affluent migrant-receiving countries. This study examines how ...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:46 -
A place migrants would call home: open-ended constructions and social determinants over time among Ecuadorians in three European cities
Is there a place in particular that international migrants would call home? How do they talk about it, where does it lie, and what characteristics is it expected to have, given their demographics and patterns ...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:47 -
Organising labour market integration support for refugees in Austria and Sweden during the Covid-19 pandemic
This paper addresses the question of how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the labour market integration support (LMIS) organised for refugees in Austria and Sweden, and the potential consequences of the chan...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:48 -
Examining migration governance: evidence of rising insecurities due to COVID-19 in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the context of global migration. From a migration perspective, the pandemic is a source of insecurities that challenge migrants, their livelihoods and migration ...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:44 -
Rethinking labour migration: Covid-19, essential work, and systemic resilience
Many of the āessential workersā during the Covid-19 pandemic are migrants, playing an important role for the continued functioning of basic services ā notably health services, social care, and food supply chai...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:45 -
Exploring the trajectories of highly skilled migration law and policy in Japan and the UK
Japan and the UK appear to have few commonalities in terms of their history of and approach to migration law and policy. However, strong similarities in their contemporary approaches can be detected. Migration...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:43 -
The migration ban policy cycle: a comparative analysis of restrictions on the emigration of women domestic workers
Policies banning women domestic workers from migrating overseas have long been imposed by labour-sending states in the Indo-Pacific region. This article presents the complexities surrounding such bans by devel...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:36 -
Towards equality: joining forces with arts and culture in the struggle for change in migration societies
There is a tendency in migration research to view artistic and cultural practices of immigrants and their descendants as well as the research of such practices as less relevant for our understanding of migrati...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:33 -
The case for increased centralization in integration governance: the neglected perspective
Local autonomy is a highly promoted feature in European governance, and the integration field is no exception. In the integration literature, values and considerations favoring local autonomy are often emphasi...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:32 -
The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar
The spread of Covid-19 in Qatar and the pandemic-led economic slump in the country have substantial financial implications for Sri Lankan migrant workers in Qatar and the Sri Lankan economy as a whole, as Qata...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:38 -
Integration, cultural preservation and transnationalism through state supported immigrant organizations: a study of Swedenās national ethnic associations
This paper explores the activities of Swedish state supported ethnic associations (most of which are immigrant organizations), thus shedding empirical light on how immigrants organize with the help of state su...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:35 -
The well-being of newly regularized migrant workers: Determinants of their satisfaction with life as compared to undocumented migrant workers and regular local residents
Subjective assessments of well-being are becoming routine indicators, considering that material resources are insufficient to capture peopleās satisfaction with life. Examining the unique situation of undocume...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:42 -
Correction to: Commonplace and out-of-place diversities in London and Tokyo: migrant-run eateries as intercultural third places
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:41 -
Institutionalization of transnationalizing political parties: the case of the Conservative Peopleās Party of Estonia
While party institutionalization research has advanced notably in the recent years, the institutionalization of political parties that extend their organizations abroad (i.e. transnationalizing parties) has re...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:40 -
Who is watching? Refugee protection during a pandemic - responses from Uganda and South Africa
Both Uganda and South Africa were quick to respond to the global pandemic ā Uganda for example imposing quarantine on foreign travellers after only a handful of cases before shutting off all international flig...
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Migration infrastructures and the production of migrantsā irregularity in Japan and the United Kingdom
The article examines the migration infrastructures and pathways through which migrants move into, through and out of irregular status in Japan and the UK and how these infrastructures uniquely shape their migr...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:31 -
The impact of partisan politics on migration policies: the case of healthcare provision for refugees by German states
Comparative migration policy research has increasingly dealt with the question of whether partisan differences in government can explain differences between migration policies. The empirical findings, however,...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:39 -
The membership of parties abroad: a case study of the UK
Against a long trend decline in the membership of political parties in Western democracies, there has been an unexpected surge in the UK since 2015. Interestingly, this phenomenon has also been observed amongs...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:34 -
Comparing the racialization of Central-East European migrants in Japan and the UK
The article deploys the lens of the race-migration nexus (Erel et al., Ethnic and Racial Studies 39:1339ā1360, 2016) to compare the racialization of migrants in the UK and Japan. It draws on qualitative data o...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:30 -
How can we categorise ānationalityā and āsecond generationā in surveys without (re)producing stigmatisation?
Whilst reflexive migration studies have criticised the use of categories such as ānationalityā and āsecond generationā in quantitative research, several gaps on how to develop such reflexivity remain. In quali...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:29 -
Commonplace and out-of-place diversities in London and Tokyo: migrant-run eateries as intercultural third places
In global cities such as London and Tokyo, there are neighbourhoods where ethnic, religious, cultural and other forms of diversity associated with migration are commonplace and others where migrants are regard...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:28 -
Political parties abroad as actors of transnational politics
This paper argues that parties abroad are the actors of a new arena for citizenship and party politics. The proliferation of overseas voting and the development of representative institutions for emigrants has...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:27 -
Accessing the public workforce: Organisational recruitment practices and the inclusion or exclusion of individuals of immigrant origin
Organisations are important gatekeepers in the labour market inclusion of immigrants and their children. Research has regularly documented ethnic discrimination in hiring decisions. Aiming to further our under...
Citation: Comparative Migration Studies 2021 9:26
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