Rethinking Migration in the 2030 Agenda: Towards a De-Territorialized Conceptualization of Development
| Autor: | Gery Nijenhuis, Maggi W.H. Leung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Conceptualization
Refugee 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0507 social and economic geography Development Millennium Development Goals 0506 political science Framing (social sciences) Geography Political economy 050602 political science & public administration Socioeconomics 050703 geography |
| Zdroj: | Forum for Development Studies. 44:51-68 |
| ISSN: | 1891-1765 0803-9410 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08039410.2016.1276958 |
| Popis: | While the 2030 Development Agenda was being prepared, Europe experienced a massive inflow of refugees. In response, many western European donors pointed to the need to bring about ‘development’ in the regions of origin, in an attempt to halt the inflow of people. As such, development is often conceptualized as a place-bound process that focuses on enabling people to achieve a better quality of life ‘at home’, implying that migration is an indicator of development failure. Moreover, the mobility of some is celebrated, whereas that of lower skilled migrants is framed as problematic. Such interpretation of development was also reflected in the millennium development goals, which hardly referred to migration. During the preparation of the 2030 Agenda, there were insistent demands to include migration in the new development agenda. In this article, we analyse the 2030 Agenda and its framing, and consider the potential strengths, weaknesses, potentials and risks in relation to migration. The article questions t... |
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