Migration and Citizenship pathways in/beyond Asia (Ethnic and Racial Studies)

This edited volume explores the complex and varied pathways to citizenship that migrants navigate in both sending and receiving countries. By examining the diverse strategies which migrants employ to handle uncertainties and global disparities, this work highlights how citizenship pathways evolve across national and transnational spaces, as well as over time. Citizenship pathways are defined as the routes and processes through which migrants achieve citizenship recognition and redistribution, influencing their pursuit of personal and family goals. This approach reveals how different migrant groups experience membership and access economic opportunities, with some gaining political and social rights while others face denial. Additionally, migrants’ responses to policy changes and their adaptive strategies reshape citizenship practices. This volume underscores the dynamic interplay between migration and citizenship, illustrating how power relations among states, migrants, and non-migrants are continuously renegotiated, affecting societal structures and individual life choices.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho is Provost’s Chair Professor in the Department of Geography and Senior Research Fellow at the Asian Migration Cluster of the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas is Doris Stevens Professor in Women's Studies and Professor of Sociology and Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton University, USA.

Brenda S.A. Yeoh FBA is Raffles Professor of Social Sciences in the Department of Geography and Research Leader of the Asian Migration Cluster at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.