Mobility Economies in Europe''s Borderlands - Migrants'' Journeys Through Libya and the Mediterranean

"Tracing migrants' journeys through Libya to Malta, Marthe Achtnich offers a rich, multi-sited ethnography that foregrounds the voices of migrants in Libya and Europe's borderlands. Highlighting how 'mobility economies' shape migrant lives, she considers the complex relationship between mobility and economic practices under contemporary capitalism"--

List of contents

Introduction: mobilities and economies at the edge of Europe; Part I. Libya: 1. Detained; 2. Staying on; 3. Waiting; 4. Turbulence at sea; Part II. Malta; 5. Stuck; 6. Moving on; Conclusion: mobile lives; Bibliography.

About the author

Marthe Achtnich is an anthropologist of mobility and migration. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork on migrants' journeys in Libya and Malta, focusing on the lived experiences, governance, and economies of migration. Marthe was previously a Fellow by Examination in Anthropology (JRF) at Magdalen College, University of Oxford.

Summary

Tracing migrants' journeys through Libya to Malta, Marthe Achtnich offers a rich, multi-sited ethnography that foregrounds the voices of migrants in Libya and Europe's borderlands. Highlighting how 'mobility economies' shape migrant lives, she considers the complex relationship between mobility and economic practices under contemporary capitalism.

Foreword

Examines migrants' journeys through Libya by boat to Malta to offer new conceptualizations of mobility and economy under contemporary capitalism.

Product details

• Authors: Marthe Achtnich, Marthe (University of Oxford) Achtnich
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9781009310871
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0931087-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Malta, Capitalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Migration, immigration and emigration, Regional / International studies, Political control and freedoms, Constitution: government & the state, Libya, Cultural policies and debates, Relating to lower socioeconomic groups / status