Forget Victimization: Granting Agency to Migrants

The 'migrant' is a category not only excluded from celebratory concepts such as transnationalism and cosmopolitanism, but also increasingly spoken of as a victim. Laura Agustín exposes prejudices in what is meant by the term and proposes another vision, in which less advantaged people are...

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Veröffentlicht in:Development (Society for International Development) 2003-09, Vol.46 (3), p.30-36
1. Verfasser: Agustin, Laura Ma
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The 'migrant' is a category not only excluded from celebratory concepts such as transnationalism and cosmopolitanism, but also increasingly spoken of as a victim. Laura Agustín exposes prejudices in what is meant by the term and proposes another vision, in which less advantaged people are granted ordinary human autonomy.
ISSN:1011-6370
1461-7072
DOI:10.1177/10116370030463005