"The two volumes Gender and Migration: crossing borders and shifting boundaries offer an interdisciplinary perspective on women and men on the move today, exploring the diversification of migratory patterns and its implication in different parts of the world. It reflects the vibrant scholarly debates as well as unique learning and teaching experiences of the Project Area Migration, the International Women's Un ..."
"Thus, in action research the researcher is not neutral, but actively takes the side
of the research subjects (Berger, 1986; Mies, 1991). 3 Heike Alberts (Germany/
USA), Vida Dotse (Ghana/USA), Heike Drotbohm (Germany), Ana Ebo (
Philippines), Sandra Felizia (Argentina), Tatiana Filipova (Bulgaria/Germany),
Poopak Mohajer (Iran/USA), Fatemeh Shabani (Iran), Aihong Song (China/the
Netherlands), Gloria VasquezCaicedo (Peru/Germany), Yih ..."
"This volume introduces a gender dimension and provides new insights in the issues like nationalism and racism, identity building, transnational networking, citizenship and democracy. "
Migrant Citizenship from Below Family, Domestic Work, and Social Activism in Irregular Migration by KyokoShinozaki Hardcover, 218 Pages, Published 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-41043-6, ISBN: 1-137-41043-4
"Migrant Citizenship from Below explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in Schönberg, Germany. Shinozaki examines their irregular migrant citizenship status from 'above', which is produced by complex interactions between Germany's welfare, care, and migration regimes and the Philippines' gendered politics of overseas employment. Despite the predominant representation of ..."