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Madeleine E. Dobson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • unpacking children in Migration Research
    Children's Geographies, 2009
    Co-Authors: Madeleine E. Dobson
    Abstract:

    In the light of calls for children's geographers to attend to happenings beyond the localised perception of children themselves, this piece considers the state of Migration studies when it comes to the experiences of children and young people. It provides an overview of existing Research and suggests that in the context of Migration, more could be done to foreground the perspectives of children in their own right. Given that attending to everyday experience is an endeavour of concern to adult-centric Migration Research, the paper concludes by suggesting that this might be an area in which children's geographers could contribute to another sub-discipline.

  • Unpacking children in Migration Research
    Children's Geographies, 2009
    Co-Authors: Madeleine E. Dobson
    Abstract:

    In the light of calls for children's geographers to attend to happenings beyond the localised perception of children themselves, this piece considers the state of Migration studies when it comes to the experiences of children and young people. It provides an overview of existing Research and suggests that in the context of Migration, more could be done to foreground the perspectives of children in their own right. Given that attending to everyday experience is an endeavour of concern to adult-centric Migration Research, the paper concludes by suggesting that this might be an area in which children's geographers could contribute to another sub-discipline. Ansell (2009) has recently underlined the potential of 'descaling' children's geographies to redress the predominance of the micro-scale in the sub-discipline. She argues that centralising the localised perspectives of children can obscure those influences that are beyond their percep-tion, limiting the wider relevance of such Research. This Viewpoint considers the state of Migration studies in this light and suggests that its adult-centric genesis means that it is often divorced from the perspectives of children themselves and that the importance of the micro-scale has still to be established in the field. In this context, the argument for 'descaling' needs to be made from the opposite direction or even put on hold until the case for the micro-scale has been made more fully. Below, I suggest that more could be done in Migration studies to understand 'the best interests of the child' by taking account of his or her own perspective. This article begins with a brief overview of the prior neglect of children's experiences of Migration before discussing more recent Research that is changing this. I summarise the ways in which Migration Research has begun to detail children firstly as a source of anxiety for others and secondly as active agents in their own right. This evidence reinforces theoretical calls for the greater inclusion of children by showing why their experiences are important in the context of Migration studies. Within this, I highlight the few examples of Research that do more than simply identify the place and role of children in Migration by foregrounding their own perspectives. I conclude by suggesting that more of this kind of Research still needs to be done and that it is highly relevant to Migration studies in general, which is striving to

David A. Plane - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The role of Migration Research in regional science.
    Papers in Regional Science, 2005
    Co-Authors: David A. Plane, Christopher Bitter
    Abstract:

    In this paper we try to provide an assessment of the role that Migration Research has played over the course of the more than 40 years in which regional science has existed as a recognizable multidisciplinary academic enterprise.... To carry out our analyses we developed a data base of papers published in five leading regional science journals. The authors "attempt to set the regional science contributions in the context of Migration Research more generally comparing the results of the journal analysis to a broader sample of Migration abstracts published in the Population Index." (EXCERPT)

  • New directions in Migration Research
    The Annals of Regional Science, 1991
    Co-Authors: Michael J. Greenwood, David A. Plane, Peter R. Mueser, Alan M. Schlottmann
    Abstract:

    This paper takes several surveys of the literature concerning Migration Research as its starting point and directs the reader toward a number of potentially fruitful lines for future Research. Major sections include one on modeling migrant choice in which the pros and cons of using gross versus net Migration measures are discussed. A second introduces and discusses the concept of a “spatial” choice set, which has the potential to be implemented with laboratory experimental techniques. The third involves a wide-ranging discussion of new directions in modeling the interrelationships between employment and Migration.

  • New directions in Migration Research: perspectives from some North American regional science disciplines.
    Annals of Regional Science, 1991
    Co-Authors: Michael J. Greenwood, David A. Plane, Peter R. Mueser, Alan M. Schlottmann
    Abstract:

    This paper takes several surveys of the literature concerning Migration Research as its starting point and directs the reader toward a number of potentially fruitful lines for future Research. Major sections include one on modeling migrant choice in which the pros and cons of using gross versus net Migration measures are discussed. A second introduces and discusses the concept of a spatial choice set, which has the potential to be implemented with laboratory experimental techniques. The third involves a wide-ranging discussion of new directions in modeling the interrelationships between employment and Migration. Coauthors are Peter R. Mueser, David A. Plane, and Alan M. Schlottmann.

  • The Ten Commandments of Migration Research
    Regional Science, 1991
    Co-Authors: David A. Plane, Peter A. Rogerson
    Abstract:

    In 1885 Sir Ernest George Ravenstein published his seminal paper titled ’The laws of Migration’ in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Association. Among other observations, he asserted the preeminence of the economic motivation for understanding geographic patterns of population movement. Since that time, a voluminous literature has developed on the analysis of human Migration as influenced by, and influencing, geographic distributions of economic activity. Because a significant portion of all Research appearing on Migration takes off from Ravenstein’s century-old assertion about the primacy of the economic motivation, and because the multidisciplinary field of regional science provides a common meeting ground for scholars from economics, geography, sociology, and the various other disciplines in which the bulk of Migration analysis appears, we believe that it is appropriate that Migration is still one of the major themes in regional science Research all over the world.

Lindsey Carte - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • community participatory appraisal in Migration Research connecting neoliberalism rural restructuring and mobility
    Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2014
    Co-Authors: Rebecca Maria Torres, Lindsey Carte
    Abstract:

    This article argues for a ‘participatory turn’ in Migration Research – one that incorporates participatory methods as a complementary or principal means for examining transnational Migration. We make the case for using participatory appraisal (PA) in Migration studies by presenting illustrative examples of how this approach enriched Research we conducted in Veracruz, Mexico, on neoliberalism, agrarian transformation and Migration. We facilitated workshops with 23 adults, 57 elementary school children and 45 secondary school youths employing a range of participatory ‘tools’ that are highly visual and interactive, including, community histories, diagramming, matrix rankings and ‘photovoice’. We provide concrete examples from this experience to illustrate the potential power of PA in Migration Research to elucidate the connections between neoliberal rural restructuring and Migration, to facilitate fruitful contrast of community typologies and to include underrepresented and marginalised voices such as those of children and youths who are often silent in Migration Research. Through the workshops we gained grounded, multi-scalar and diverse understandings of ‘actually existing neoliberalism’ as participants untangled the complex relationships between neoliberal practice, rural and agrarian restructuring, and Migration. This allows richer and more nuanced understandings and theorisation of diverse factors shaping Migration and its effects across multiple scales, while also empowering local people as co-producers of knowledge with the possibility of envisaging alternative futures.

Agnieszka Kubal - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Conceptualizing Semi-Legality in Migration Research: Conceptualizing Semi-Legality in Migration Research
    Law & Society Review, 2013
    Co-Authors: Agnieszka Kubal
    Abstract:

    What is semi-legality, and why does it offer a viable alternative to the legality-illegality binary divide? Semi-legality, as a heuristic device, is useful to frame the various "in-between" statuses and not resorting to illegality every time ambiguities arise as this casts the net of potential fraud far too wide. It could be viewed as a multidimensional space where migrants' formal relationships with the state interact with their various forms of agency toward the law. As a sensitizing theoretical perspective, it helps to explain why many neoliberal regimes, which claim that law and order are the main features distinguishing them from others, actually engage in perpetuating the legally ambiguous modes of incorporation. Delineating the conditions of semi-legality, I use data from 360 qualitative interviews with migrants in four European countries. I discuss: (1) "incomplete" responses to regularization programs (amnesties) - de facto fulfilling the legalization conditions, yet facing barriers to formally (de jure) corroborate this; (2) balancing between the temporality of residence in various EU countries-under-staying in some and overstaying in others; and (3) the nexus with employment-where migrants' residence in a country is lawful, but their work exceeds the restrictions permitted by their visas. © 2013 Law and Society Association

  • conceptualizing semi legality in Migration Research
    Law & Society Review, 2012
    Co-Authors: Agnieszka Kubal
    Abstract:

    What is semi-legality, and why does it offer a viable alternative to the legality-illegality binary divide? The paper discusses theoretical limits to illegality with reference to migrants – especially those deemed to stand outside the state’s legal system – demonstrating that the division between legal/ illegal is never black or white but woven with different shades of grey: the ‘in-between’ statuses of semi-legality. I argue that semi-legality could be viewed as a multi-dimensional space where migrants’ formal relationship with the state interacts with their various forms of agency towards the law. This paper utilizes data stemming from 360 qualitative interviews with international migrants in four European countries. Delineating the conditions of semi-legality I discuss its various empirical contexts: (1) ‘incomplete’ responses to regularisation programmes - de facto fulfilling the legalisation conditions, yet facing barriers to formally (de iure) corroborate this; (2) balancing between the temporality of residence in various EU countries: understaying in some and overstaying in others; and (3) the nexus with employment – where migrants’ residence in a country is lawful, but their work exceeds the restrictions permitted by their visas. I juxtapose those against the subjective experiences of semi-legality and migrants’ own interpretations of their position vis-a-vis state legal frameworks.

Eva Amsen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.