Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration : : Explaining Ecuadorian Irregular Migration in Amsterdam and Madrid.
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Superior document: | IMISCOE Research Series |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2020. {copy}2020. |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | IMISCOE Research Series
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Table of Contents:
- Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- 1.1 Research Questions and Design
- 1.2 Structure of the Book
- Bibliography
- Part I: Theoretical Study
- Chapter 2: The Study of Irregular Migration
- 2.1 Definition and Taxonomies
- 2.2 Irregular Migration from an Historical Perspective
- 2.3 Numbers
- 2.4 State Policies and Irregular Migration
- 2.4.1 Policy Formation
- 2.4.2 Policies that Affect Irregular Migration
- 2.4.3 Policy Implementation
- 2.5 Irregular Migrants Lived Experience
- 2.5.1 Life, Adaptation and Social Interactions
- 2.5.2 Work and Subsistence
- 2.5.3 Irregular Migrants' Counterstrategies
- 2.6 The Consequences of Irregular Migration
- 2.6.1 Economic Consequences
- 2.6.2 Political Consequences and Social Consequences
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3: Irregular Migration Theories
- 3.1 The Gap Hypothesis Debate
- 3.1.1 Is There a Gap?
- 3.1.2 What Gaps?
- 3.2 Irregular Migration as States' Failure
- 3.2.1 Intrinsic Limitations of States and Policies
- 3.2.2 External Constraints of States and Irregular Migration
- The Effects of Globalization: Economy, Politics and Society
- Economic Globalization and Irregular Migration
- Political/Legal Globalization and Irregular Migration
- Social Globalization and Irregular Migration
- The Irregular Migration Industry
- 3.2.3 Internal Constraints of States and Irregular Migration
- The Role of the Informal Economy
- The Role of Migrants' Agency
- Internal Social Constraints
- 3.3 Irregular Migration as Choice of States
- 3.3.1 State Imperatives and Irregular Migration
- State Sovereignty and Irregular Migration
- Governmentality Techniques and Irregular Migration
- Self-Restraint of States and Irregular Migration
- 3.3.2 States and Social Demands
- Economic Interests and Irregular Migration.
- The State as a Broker of Social Demands: Pragmatic Solutions, Symbolic Policies
- 3.4 Critical Discussion of the Main Theoretical Explanations of Irregular Migration
- 3.4.1 Irregular Migration as an Undifferentiated, Mono-causal Phenomenon
- 3.4.2 Epistemological Problems and Reductionisms
- The Double-Edged Heritage of Methodological Nationalism
- Reductionisms: The State and Society
- Reductionisms: Social Interactions
- The Sedentary Bias
- 3.4.3 Summary: Problematic Aspects in the Theorizing of Irregular Migration
- Bibliography
- Chapter 4: Understanding Irregular Migration Through a Social Systems Perspective
- 4.1 The Semantics of the Modern State and Society
- 4.2 Elements of Niklas Luhmann's Social Systems Theory
- 4.2.1 Systems
- 4.2.2 Social Systems and Society
- 4.2.3 Social Differentiation and Modern Society
- 4.2.4 Modern Society as World Society
- 4.2.5 The State Beyond Modern State Semantics
- 4.3 Irregular Migration as a Structural Phenomenon of World Society
- 4.3.1 Migration in World Society
- 4.3.2 States and Migrants
- 4.3.3 Irregular Migration as a Structural Phenomenon of World Society
- 4.3.4 Irregular Migration as a Differentiated Sociological Phenomenon
- Irregular Migration as a Status
- Irregular Migration and States
- Irregular Migration and Society
- Irregular Migrants
- 4.4 Conclusion. A Systemic Analytical Framework for Irregular Migration
- 4.4.1 What Advantages?
- Bibliography
- Part II: Empirical Study
- Chapter 5: Methodological Note
- 5.1 Research Design and Research Questions
- 5.2 Selection of the Cases
- 5.3 Fieldwork Methodology, Strategies and Limitations
- 5.3.1 Key Informant Interviews
- 5.3.2 Participant Observation
- 5.3.3 In Depth-Interviews
- 5.3.4 Study Limitations
- Bibliography
- Chapter 6: Ecuadorian Migration in Amsterdam and Madrid: The Structural Contexts.
- 6.1 Ecuadorian Emigration
- 6.2 The Netherlands as Irregular Migration Context
- 6.2.1 Migration History and Contemporary Trends
- 6.2.2 Irregular Migration Estimations
- 6.2.3 Migration Regime
- 6.2.4 Economics, Labour Market and Underground Economy
- 6.2.5 The Welfare Regime in the Netherlands
- 6.2.6 Politics, Public Opinion, Migration
- 6.3 Spain as an Irregular Migration Context
- 6.3.1 Migration History and Contemporary Trends
- 6.3.2 Irregular Migration Estimations
- 6.3.3 Migration Regime
- 6.3.4 Economics, Labour Market and Underground Economy
- 6.3.5 The Welfare Regime in Spain
- 6.3.6 Politics, Public Opinion, Migration
- 6.4 Conclusion: Assessing Contextual Differences
- 6.4.1 Migration History and Contemporary Trends
- 6.4.2 Irregular Migration Estimations and Trends
- 6.4.3 Migration Regime
- 6.4.4 Economics, Labour Market and Underground Economy
- 6.4.5 Welfare Regime
- 6.4.6 Politics, Public Opinion, Migration
- Bibliography
- Chapter 7: Ecuadorian Irregular Migrants in Amsterdam and Madrid: The Lived Experience
- 7.1 Legal Trajectories and Regularization Channels
- 7.1.1 Legal Trajectories and Regularization Channels in Amsterdam
- 7.1.2 Legal Trajectories and Regularization Channels in Madrid
- 7.1.3 Comparison
- 7.2 Regularization Strategies
- 7.2.1 Regularization Strategies in Amsterdam
- 7.2.2 Regularization Strategies in Madrid
- 7.2.3 Comparison
- 7.3 Work
- 7.3.1 Work in Amsterdam
- Sectors
- Conditions
- Controls and Strategies
- 7.3.2 Work in Madrid
- Sectors
- Conditions
- Controls and Strategies
- 7.3.3 Comparison
- 7.4 Internal Controls
- 7.4.1 Internal Controls in Amsterdam
- 7.4.2 Internal Controls in Madrid
- 7.4.3 Comparison
- 7.5 Housing and Healthcare
- 7.5.1 Amsterdam
- Housing
- Healthcare
- 7.5.2 Madrid
- Housing
- Healthcare
- 7.5.3 Comparison.
- 7.6 Irregular Migration Realities in Amsterdam and Madrid
- 7.6.1 Amsterdam
- 7.6.2 Madrid
- Part III: Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Steps Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration
- 8.1 Explaining Irregular Migration in Madrid and Amsterdam
- 8.1.1 Ecuadorian Irregular Migration in Amsterdam and Madrid: The Weaknesses of "Classic" Theoretical Explanations
- 8.1.2 Ecuadorian Irregular Migration in Amsterdam and Madrid: An Attempt to Explain It Through a Social Systems Perspective
- Contexts
- Irregular Migration Realities
- Assessing Systemic Relations
- 8.2 Further Steps Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration
- 8.2.1 An Analytical Framework for Irregular Migration
- 8.2.2 Study Strengths and Limitations.