Women, Migration and Citizenship: Making Local, National and Transnational Connections (Gender in a Global/Local World)

Given the recent and rapid changes to migration patterns and citizenship processes, this volume provides a timely, compelling, empirical and theoretical study of the gendered implications of such developments. More specifically, it draws out the multiple connections between migration and citizenship concerns and practices for women. The collection features original research that examines women's diverse im/migrant and refugee experiences and exposes how gender ideologies and practices organize migrant citizenship, in its various dimensions, at the local, national and transnational levels. The volume contributes to theoretical debates on gender, migration and citizenship and provides new insights into their interrelation. It includes rich case studies that range from the Philippines and Somalia to the Caribbean and from Australasia to Canada and Britain. Designed to have a multidisciplinary appeal, it is suitable for courses on migration, diversity, gender, race, ethnicity, law and public policy, comparative politics and international relations.

Evangelia Tastsoglou is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, Saint Mary's University, Canada. Her research and teaching are focused on gender and international migration; immigrant women in Canada; diasporas; multiculturalism; and migration and development. She is the leader of the 'Gender, Migration and Diversity / Immigrant Women' research domain of the Atlantic Metropolis Centre of Excellence. She is currently the principal investigator in a three-year project on 'Security and Immigration, Changes and Challenges: Immigrant and Ethnic Minorities in Atlantic Canada Presumed Guilty?' Alexandra Dobrowolsky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Saint Mary's University, Canada. She has published in areas that include: constitutional and social policy; women and politics; political parties and social movements; as well as on citizenship and democracy more broadly. She is currently working on two research projects, one dealing with security, immigration and citizenship, and the other on social cohesion and changing citizenship regimes.