Return Migration to Afghanistan - Moving Back or Moving Forward? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book overcomes the dichotomies, generalizations and empirical shortcomings that surround the understanding of return migration within the migration-development-peace-building nexus. Using the concept of multidimensional embeddedness, it provides an encompassing view of returnees' identification with and participation in one or multiple spaces of belonging. It introduces Afghan return migration from Europe as a relevant case study, since the country's protracted history of conflict and migration shows how the globally changing political discourses of recent decades have shaped migration strategies. The author's findings highlight the fact that policy is responding inadequately to complex issues of migration, conflict, development and return, since the expectations on which it is based only account for a small minority of returnees. This thought-provoking book will appeal to scholars of migration and refugee studies, as well as a wider audience of sociologists, anthropologists, demographers and policy makers.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
Release date:	February 2017
First published:	2016
Authors:	Marieke Van Houte
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	237
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-40774-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum
LSN:	3-319-40774-0
Barcode:	9783319407746

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