Gender, Migration and Categorisation: Making Distinctions Between Migrants in Western Countries, 1945-2010 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789089645739)

All people are equal, according to Thomas Jefferson, but all migrants are not. This volume looks at how they are distinguished in France, the United States, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark made through history between migrants and how these were justified in policies and public debates. The chapters form a triptych, addressing in three clusters the problematization of questions such as 'who is a refugee', 'who is family' and 'what is difference'. The chapters in this volume show that these are not separate issues. They intersect in ways that vary according to countries of origin and settlement, economic climate, geopolitical situation, as well as by gender, and by class, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation of the migrants.

Author: Deirdre M. Moloney
ISBN-10: 908964573X
ISBN-13: 9789089645739
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2013
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d