Migration Studies and Colonialism

The history of migration is deeply entangled with colonialism. To this day, colonial logics continue to shape the dynamics of migration as well as the responses of states to those arriving at their borders. And yet migration studies has been surprisingly slow to engage with colonial histories in making sense of migratory phenomena today. This book starts from the premise that colonial histories should be central to migration studies and explores what it would mean to really take that seriously. To engage with this task, Lucy Mayblin and Joe Turner argue that scholars need not forge new theories but must learn from and be inspired by the wealth of literature that already exists across the world. Providing a range of inspiring and challenging perspectives on migration, the authors' aim is to demonstrate what paying attention to colonialism, through using the tools offered by postcolonial, decolonial and related scholarship, can offer those studying international migration today. Offering a vital intervention in the field, this important book asks scholars and students of migration to explore the histories and continuities of colonialism in order to better understand the present.

ISBN:	9781509542949
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Published date:	18 Dec 2020
DEWEY:	304.8
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	6650
Number of pages:	x, 246
Weight:	402g
Height:	152mm
Width:	227mm
Spine width:	21mm

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