The Elgar Companion to Gender and Global Migration: Beyond Western Research

This Companion explores the interconnections of globalization, gender, and migration in the 21st century, offering critical insights into the dynamics that compel people to migrate. It combines empirical case studies with cutting-edge theory and establishes a novel agenda for future research on gender and global migration.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 16 December 2022
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

This comprehensive Companion delves into the intricate connections between globalization, gender, and migration in the twenty-first century, offering a fresh and transformative perspective that extends beyond the confines of Western research. Co-edited by Natalia Ribas-Mateos and Saskia Sassen, the book brings together a collection of 27 insightful contributions from esteemed international experts on gender and global migration, unveiling the diverse economies, histories, families, and working cultures in which local, regional, national, and global economies are intricately intertwined.

By examining recent migratory patterns and shifting migration corridors across the globe, the Companion provides critical insights into the broader forces that drive individuals to migrate. Chapters explore a range of key topics related to gender and global migration, including global cities and border regions, internal displacements, humanitarian risks, the evolving dynamics of care chains and labor, pandemic mobilities, expulsions from climate change, and the enduring impact of critical historical colonial studies in contemporary feminisms.

The volume also delves into extractivism, colonial imagery, the agrifood industry, qualified labor, remittances, cross-border trade, and extreme violence. Through the integration of empirical case studies with cutting-edge theory, The Elgar Companion to Gender and Global Migration emerges as an invaluable resource for a diverse audience of scholars spanning sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, and political science, as well as migration and gender studies. Its themes will also hold significant relevance for policymakers, administrators, and grassroots organizations actively engaged in emerging areas of migration research.

Dimension: 244 x 169 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781802201253