Migration Research Portal
Publications
Publications
Selected publications of are listed below. Additional publications can be found on the pages of cluster members' profiles.
What has shaped our research interests?
We share the view that migration in a global age is a bifurcated phenomenon and policy needs to engage more deliberately with the fact that we live in a globally interdependent world. Forced migration and human trafficking constitute an important area of empirical and policy research by members of the cluster. We have also examined the question of identities (gender, ethnicity, age) in migration processes and the ways in which the interaction between various actors and policy changes have contributed to the shaping of particular migration systems and regimes of control. Responses by human rights organisations to arising issues of right violations are also brought to bear in to our analysis.
In previous research, we have explored different aspects of sex trafficking systems and mail-order-brides systems; our findings have led to our current exploration of the globalisation of the sex industry and the care domain. The care domain constitutes a mixture of paid and unpaid arrangements in which the social locations of migrants as care providers (care workers, foreign brides and au-pairs) remains problematic. In a complex hierarchy of power relations we seek to bring care ethics to play a role in providing a new force for a situated understanding of rights and rights claiming.
The links between macro-economic changes, internal as well as international migration, and their impacts on rural development processes is well researched by a member of our cluster in the cases of India, China and the Philippines. Sociological studies on migrants’ agency in achieving security and wellbeing for themselves, their families and communities in a multi-local and trans-local context will open up new opportunities to critically analyse remittances and social networks in the context of the migration and development nexus framework.
Ongoing research on Age, welfare, migration and Social Policy in Europe, and on religion among African Diasporas can contribute to the new initiative of The Hague Municipality on migration in the City of Human Rights and Peace. Under this initiative migration will be analysed in line with issues of citizenship, cultural diversity, social quality and the practical meanings of the mosaic model of urban governance.
The following is a compilation of members' publications relevant to the migration research cluster's area of focus. We update it from time to time. You can find an exhaustive list of member publications by going to their profiles via the members page.
Andrew Fischer
(2008), '"Population Invasion" versus Urban Exclusion in the Tibetan Areas of Western China,' Population and Development Review, 34, no. 4, December 2008.
(2008), ‘Resolving the Theoretical Ambiguities of Social Exclusion with reference to Polarisation and Conflict’, DESTIN Working Paper No.90, January.
(2008), ‘The Muslim Cook, the Tibetan Client, his Lama and their Boycott: Modern religious discourses of anti-Muslim economic activism in Amdo’, in Huber, Toni, and Fernanda Pirie, eds., Conflict and social order in Tibet and Inner Asia. Leiden: Brill.
Des Gasper
(2008) Trans-Local Livelihoods and Connections -- Embedding a Gender Perspective into Migration Studies. Co-author Thanh-Dam Truong. Introduction paper for: Trans-Local Livelihoods and Connections, special issue on transnational migration and multi-local livelihoods. Gender, Technology and Development, 2008, no.3. Co-editor Thanh-Dam Truong.
(2009) ‘Global Ethics and Human Security’, in Globalisation and Security: an encyclopedia, (two vols.) eds. H. Fagan & R. Munck; Praeger. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
(2010 - Forthcoming) with Thanh-Dam Truong, 'Movements Of The "We": International and Transnational Migration and the Capabilities Approach', Forthcoming in J. of Human Development and Capabilities, special issue on human mobility.
Gerrie ter Haar
(2005), The Religious Dimension in Migration and its Relation to Development: Ghanaians in the Netherlands in International Migration and Development in Contemporary Ghana and West Africa , T. Manuh (ed), Sub-Saharan Publishers.
(2005), Ritual as Communication: A Study of African Christian Communities in the Bijilmer District of Amsterdam in Ritual and Religious Belief: A Reader G. Harvey (ed), Routledge (also published by Equinox, London)
(2004), Chosen People: The Concept of Diaspora in the Modern World in Religion: Empirical Studies. A Collection to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the British Association for the Study of Religions , S. J. Sutcliffe (ed) Ashgate
Jeff Handmaker
(2009), Advocating for Accountability: civic-state interactions to protect refugees in South Africa, Antwerp: Intersentia.
(2008), Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa, edited by Jeff Handmaker, Lee Anne de la Hunt and Jonathan Klaaren, Oxford: Berghahn.
(2006), With A. Nieuwhof, ‘No man's land: Government mistreatment of Palestinian asylum seekers, in Musalo, K., Moore, J. and Boswell, R. (editors) of Refugee Law and Policy: A Comparative and International Approach, 3rd Ed, Carolina Academic Press
Helen Hintjens
(2006), “Like leaves in the Wind: desperately seeking asylum in the UK”, Race and Class, 48 (1) July-September 2006: 79-85 (based on interviews with Sudanese asylum seekers and UK-based pro-asylum campaigns).
(2006), “Global Social Justice in a Cold Climate”, Peace Review: a Journal of Social Justice 18 (3), July-September 2006: 369-78 (open borders campaigning included)
(2006), “Conflict and resources in post-genocide Rwanda and the Great Lakes region”, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 63 (5) October 2006: 599-615 (includes focus on refugee movements in the region, and displacement).
Rachel Kurian
(2006) “The Globalisation of Domestic Care Services” in Engendering Human Security: Feminist Perspectives edited by Thanh-Dam Truong, Saskia Wieringa and Amrita Chhachhi, Zed Press and Women Unlimited, pp.147-168
(2005) “Industrial Clusters and Labour in Rural Areas: The Brick Kiln Industry in Three States” in Indian Industrial Clusters edited by Keshab Das, Burlington, USA and Aldershot, England, Ashgate Publishing Company, pp.55-68.
(2003) 'Labor, Race and Gender on the Coffee Plantations in Ceylon, 1834-1880.' in: W. Gervase, C. Smith and S. Topik (eds). The Global Coffee Economy in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 1500-1989. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - pp.173-190.
Mahmood Messkoub
(2005), ‘Migrants in the EU: Welfare in Old Age’ Public Finance Management. Vol. 5, No. 2.
(2004), ‘Impact and Welfare of Migrants in the Expanded EU’ in J. J.Tomidajewicz (ed.) A New All-European Development Model in an Enlarged EU. Social and Economic Aspects. Poznan University of Economics, Working Papers, pp. 298-318. (Proceedings of a conference on ‘A New All-European Development Model in an Enlarged EU ‘ held in Poznan 7-9 May 2004.)
(2001), 'Population Ageing and Care of the Elderly: What are the Lessons of Asia for Sub-Saharan Africa?' In P. Lawrence and C. Turtle (eds), Africa and Asia in Comparative Development. London: Macmillan.
Mansoub Murshed
(2008) 'A Note on the Interaction between Identity Based Fear and Hate', Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy: Vol. 14 : Iss. 3, Article 5.
Murshed, S.M. and D. Mamoon (2007) 'On the Costs of not Loving thy Neighbour as Thyself: the Trade, Democracy and Military Expenditure Explanations behind India-Pakistan Rivalry', ISS Working Paper, General Series no. 446 The Hague: ISS Working paper.
Tadjoeddin, Z. and S.M. Murshed (2007) 'Socioeconomic Determinants of Everyday Violence in Indonesia: An Empirical Investigation of Javanese Districts, 1994-2003', Journal of Peace Research 44(6): pp.689-709.
Bridget O'Laughlin
(1998). "Missing Men? The Debate Over Rural Poverty and Women-headed Households in Southern Africa." Journal of Peasant Studies 25(2): 1-48.
(2002). "Proletarianisation, Agency and Changing Rural Livelihoods: Forced Labour and Resistance in Colonial Mozambique." Journal of Southern African Studies 28(3): 511-530.
(2006) ‘The Freedom to Choose: HIV/AIDS and the Limits of the Liberal Theory of Citizenship in Southern Africa’, Afriche e Oriente, Special Issue II: The West and Africa. Democracy and Nationalism from the First to the Second Transition,M. Zamponi, Ed.
Lee Pegler
(2006) "Globalisation, Firm Upgrading and Impacts on Labour" TESQ – Special Issue; 2006 (forthcoming Journal Collection contribution; with Peter Knorringa)
(2006) ("Integrating Labour Issues in Global Value Chain Analysis: Questioning High- Road Causality and Exploring its Implications for Unions", ILO/ACTRAV 2006 (forthcoming book chapter; with Peter Knorringa)
(2004) "Co-operatives and Private Enterprise – The Application of HRM in Different "World of Work"- A Brazilian Comparison", Ciêncas Sociais, 164, 40, UNISINOS.
Ashwani Saith
(1999), Accumulation Circuits and Migration Circuits: Episodes in the Formation of Asian Labour Markets, (single author volume, under preparation).
(1999), Population Mobility and Market Reforms: China and Vietnam, Special Issue, Asia and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol.8, No.3, 1999; co-edited.
(1996), Filipino Migration - The Billion Dollar Question: Rich Pickings or the Wages of Despair, Research Monograph prepared for the Southeast Asian and Pacific Team, ILO, Manila, 1996.
Mohamed Salih
(2003) "Minorities and the Political in Human Rights Deficit", in K. Arts and P. Mihyo (Eds.) Responding to the Human Rights Deficit. The Hague, London and New York: Kluwer Law International Law. Pp. 105-132.
(2001) Globalisation and Human Insecurity in Africa, in South-South Journal, The Millennium Issue Vol. 1, No. 3. 19-45
(1999) ‘The Horn of Africa: Security in the New World Order’, in P. Wilkin and C. Thomas (eds.) Human Security in the New World Order: The African Experience. London: Lynn Reinner. Pp. 127-144.
Thanh-Dam Truong
(2006) Poverty, Gender and Human Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rethinking Best Practices in Migration Management, UNESCO: PARIS.
(2005) with Gasper, D. Deepening Development Ethics: From Economism to Human Development to Human Security, European Journal of Development Research, Volume 17, N. 3. , pp 372-384
(2006) with Saskia Wieringa and Amrita Chhachhi (editors) Engendering Human Security: Feminist Perspectives, Kali for Women: New Dehli and Zed Press: London
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