Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242).
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Contents
Frontmatter -- Content -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Irregular Migration as a Fact of Life -- 2. Beyond Victims and Communities -- 3. Studying Aspirations -- 4. Immigration Policies in Belgium and the Netherlands -- 5. Investment, Settlement and Legalisation Aspirations -- 6. Living Different Dreams (I) -- 7. Living Different Dreams (II) -- 8. Aspirations and Transnational Activities -- 9. Striving for a Better Position -- 10. Assessing a New Perspective -- Appendices -- References.
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.
