Contemporary Boat Migration - Data, Geopolitics, and Discourses

This book explores contemporary migration by boat through the intertwined, and under-explored,
elements of empirical data, governance and geopolitics, and discourses.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Challenging Migration Studies through Addressing Critical Gaps in Studying Migration by Boat / i. Introduction to Section One: Data and Methodology / 2. Methodological Approaches to Researching Boat Migration: Moving Vessels and Emotional Landscapes (Mountz) / 3. Review of and Research Proposal for Methodologies Studying Migrant Interdiction at Sea (Williams) / i. Introduction to Section Two: Geopolitics and Legal Regimes / 4. Italy and the Militarization of Euro-Mediterranean Border Control Policies (Campesi) / 5. Inclusion and Exclusion in the Fragmented Space of the Sea: Actors, Territories and Legal Regimes between Libya and Italy (Cuttitta) / 6. On Choppy Waters: the Shifting Borders of Protection in Europe (van Selm) / i. Introduction to Section Three: Discourses / 7. Deconstructing the Migration "Crisis" and Representations of Migration by Boat in the UK News Media (Burroughs) / 8. Media Discourses of the rescue and landing of migration by boat in the Italian News Media (Bruno and Binotto) / 9. Silencing Migration by Sea: Unveiling Technologies of Exclusion in Australian Maritime Borders (Dickson) / 10. Conclusion: Problems, Answers and Ways Forward in Studying Migration by Boat

About the author

Edited by Elaine Burroughs and Kira Williams

Summary

This book explores contemporary migration by boat through the intertwined, and under-explored,elements of empirical data, governance and geopolitics, and discourses.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Williams Burroughs
• Assisted by: Elaine Burroughs (Editor), Kira Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781786605146
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-514-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Challenging Migration Studies; Challenging Migration Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Central / national / federal government policies, Human Geography, Central government policies