Rethinking Transit Migration: Precarity, Mobility, and Self-Making in Mexico

by Tanya Basok, Danièle Bélanger, Martha Luz Rojas Wiesner, Guillermo Candiz

Overview

Questioning the notion of transit migration, the book examines factors that shape Central American migrants' mobility and immobility in the transnational space, comprised on Central American countries, Mexico, and the US.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137509741
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/14/2014
Series:	Mobility & Politics
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	119
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Tanya Basok is Professor at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at the University of Windsor, Canada. Her research focuses principally on migration, citizenship, and migrant rights.

Danièle Bélanger is Professor at the Département de Géographie at the Université Laval, Canada. Her research focuses on international migration within Asia and the Americas.

Martha Luz Rojas Wiesner is Professor at the Departamento de Sociedad y Cultura at the Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico. Her research focuses on international female migration from Central America to Mexico.

Guillermo Candiz is Researcher at the Département de Géographie at the Université Laval, Canada. His research interests include development studies, migration, and migrants' mobility.

Table of Contents

1. From Transit to Mobility: Characteristics and Concepts
2. The Context of Precarity: Actors and Spaces
3. Trajectories of Precarity and Mobility: Places and Actors
4. Techniques of the Self in the Face of Precarity
5. Towards Dignity and Security