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

Product details

• Assisted by: Elaine Burroughs (Editor), Kira Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2019
• EAN: 9781786615985
• ISBN: 978-1-78661-598-5
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 220 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 304 g
• Illustrations: 3 BW Illustrations, 7 Tables
• Series: Challenging Migration Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, 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