Forced Migration across Mexico: Organized Violence, Migrant Struggles, and Life Trajectories (Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration)

Synopsis

This book analyzes the different ways in which forced migration comes together with organized violence in the Americas, focusing specifically on the migration corridor from Central America, through Mexico and on to the United States. No matter their starting point, most South and Central American migrants to the United States must eventually traverse Mexico, and often many other borders beforehand, to reach their destination. As border controls tighten, for many migrants turning back is not a possibility, or something they desire. And so, when faced with hardening policies, migrants are often forced into situations of increased violence and precarity, without a shift in their ultimate objective. This book analyzes the complex social situations of everyday violence, and increasingly aggressive border controls, which face migrants in Mexico, as well as their exposure to a different kind of violence during their migration trajectory through the criminal actors such as gangs, cartels, and corrupt law enforcements that seek to make a profit from them. The book takes a critical approach on migration policies and on the externalization of borders by analyzing their effects on the trajectories and experiences of migrants themselves. It shows that the more migrants’ opportunities and rights during transit are hindered, the more they are at risk of exposure to these actors. Foregrounding the voices of migrants, this book offers fresh insights into debates surrounding migration, politics, international relations, and anthropology in the Americas.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781003860686

Related ISBNs:

9781032614045, 9781032614014, 9781032614052

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/11/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Ximena Alba Villalever, Stephanie Schütze, Ludger Pries, and Oscar Calderón Morillón

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Ximena Alba Villalever

Edited by:

Oscar Calderón Morillón

Edited by:

Ludger Pries

Edited by:

Stephanie Schütze