Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242).
Note
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Contents
Irregular migration as a fact of life -- Beyond victims and communities -- Studying aspirations -- Immigration policies in Belgium and the Netherlands -- Investment, settlement, and legalisation aspirations -- Living different dreams (I) -- Living different dreams (II) -- Aspirations and transnational activities -- Striving for a better position -- Assessing a new perspective.
Summary
Proposing an empirically grounded theoretical critique of the dominant research practice that focuses on survival strategies, van Meeteren takes irregular migrants aspirations as a starting point of analysis. Drawing on intensive participant observation, as well as more than 200 in-depth interviews with irregular migrants and representatives of organisations working with them, she develops much-needed contextualised insights and sheds new light on earlier debates on this top-of the-agenda subject area.
