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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Physical Description:1 online resource (251 pages)
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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.