Global Migration Governance

Author:   Alexander Betts (Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations, University of Oxford and Visiting Fellow Stanford University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   368
Publication Date:   06 January 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Unlike many other trans-boundary policy areas, international migration lacks coherent global governance. There is no UN migration organization and states have signed relatively few multilateral treaties on migration. Instead sovereign states generally decide their own immigration policies. However, given the growing politicisation of migration and the recognition that states cannot always address migration in isolation from one another, a debate has emerged about what type of international institutions and cooperation are required to meet the challenges of international migration. Until now, though, that emerging debate on global migration governance has lacked a clear analytical understanding of what global migration governance actually is, the politics underlying it, and the basis on which we can make claims about what 'better' migration governance might look like. In order to address this gap, the book brings together a group of the world's leading experts on migration to consider the global governance of different aspects of migration. The chapters offer an accessible introduction to the global governance of low-skilled labour migration, high-skilled labour migration, irregular migration, lifestyle migration, international travel, refugees, internally displaced persons, human trafficking and smuggling, diaspora, remittances, and root causes. Each of the chapters explores the three same broad questions: What, institutionally, is the global governance of migration in that area? Why, politically, does that type of governance exist? How, normatively, can we ground claims about the type of global governance that should exist in that area? Collectively, the chapters enhance our understanding of the international politics of migration and set out a vision for international cooperation on migration.

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Author:   Alexander Betts (Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations, University of Oxford and Visiting Fellow Stanford University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780199600458


ISBN 10:   0199600457
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   06 January 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Alexander Betts: Introduction: Global Migration Governance 2: Christiane Kuptsch and Philip Martin: Low-Skilled Migration 3: Alexander Betts and Lucie Cerna: High-Skilled Labour Migration 4: Franck Duvell: Irregular Migration 5: Rey Koslowski: International Travel 6: Caroline Oliver: Lifestyle Migration 7: Jane McAdam: Environmental Migration 8: Gil Loescher and James Milner: UNHCR and the Global Governance of Refugees 9: Khalid Koser: Internally Displaced Persons 10: Susan Martin and Amber Callaway: Human Trafficking and Smuggling 11: Anna Lindley: Remittances 12: Alan Gamlen: Diasporas 13: Stephen Castles and Nicholas Van Hear: Root Causes Alexander Betts: Conclusion

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Global Migration Governance is an invaluable contribution to migration research and studies of global governance more broadly. Drawing on useful concepts derived from International Relations, the excellent contributions draw a picture of a multilayered, fragmented and yet quite encompassing set of formal and informal governance arrangements that mirror the diversity of challenges associated with global population flows. * Sandra Lavenex, Professor of International Politics, University of Lucerne * Alexander Betts is one of a handful of scholars who have mastered the complex field of Global Migration Governance. This large and impressive volume covers the topic from every conceivable angle, and it gets the difficult mix of empirical analysis and policy recommendation right. As the global conversation about migration governance continues over the coming years, this work will remain the standard reference. * Randall Hansen, Canada Research Chair in Political Science, University of Toronto * The book provides significant insights into three aspects of global migration governance: the institutions, the politics, and the possible evolution. * Benoit Mayer, International Journal of Refugee Law *


Alexander Betts is one of a handful of scholars who have mastered the complex field of Global Migration Governance. This large and impressive volume covers the topic from every conceivable angle, and it gets the difficult mix of empirical analysis and policy recommendation right. As the global conversation about migration governance continues over the coming years, this work will remain the standard reference. Randall Hansen, Canada Research Chair in Political Science, University of Toronto Global Migration Governance is an invaluable contribution to migration research and studies of global governance more broadly. Drawing on useful concepts derived from International Relations, the excellent contributions draw a picture of a multilayered, fragmented and yet quite encompassing set of formal and informal governance arrangements that mirror the diversity of challenges associated with global population flows. Sandra Lavenex, Professor of International Politics, University of Lucerne


Author Information

Alexander Betts is Director of the MacArthur Foundation-funded Global Migration Governance project, a Fellow of Wadham College, and Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations, University of Oxford. His research focuses on the international politics of migration and refugee protection, with a geographical focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. He is the author of many books, including UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the Twenty-First Century (with Gil Loescher and James Milner, Routledge, 2008), Forced Migration and Global Politics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime (Cornell University Press, 2009), and Refugees in International Relations (with Gil Loescher, Oxford University Press, 2010). His work has been published in a range of peer reviewed journals.

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