Depoliticising Migration: Global Governance and International Migration Narratives (Mobility & Politics)

Annotation Migration has become, since the nineties, the subject of growing international discussion and cooperation. International organisations and the international community have taken a number of initiatives to better 'manage' migration and make it the object of 'global governance' mechanisms. This implies a specific intellectual and political construction of migration as a genuinely global issue that deserves international attention. By critically analyzing the reports produced by international organisations on migration, this book sheds light on the way these actors frame migration and develop their recommendations on how it should be governed. In contrast to the dominant representations in many receiving countries, international migration narratives develop a positive appreciation of migration, viewed as a normal feature of a globalizing world and as a central element in development strategies. But this optimism comes along a depolitization of migration that obscures the contribution of international actors to contemporary political debates Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-5 At UNESCO....Pages 6-12 ‘Global Migration Governance’ and the Need for Shared Narratives....Pages 13-25 Introducing International Migration Narratives....Pages 26-46 Why Read IMN?....Pages 47-61 Constructing a Federating Discourse....Pages 62-76 Ordering Migration....Pages 77-94 Depoliticising Migration....Pages 95-123 Conclusion....Pages 124-127 Back Matter....Pages 128-146 Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Series Editors’ Foreword 7 List of Acronyms 9 1 Introduction 12 2 At UNESCO 17 3 ‘Global Migration Governance’ and the Need for Shared Narratives 24 4 Introducing International Migration Narratives 37 5 Why Read IMN? 58 6 Constructing a Federating Discourse 73 7 Ordering Migration 88 8 Depoliticising Migration 106 9 Conclusion 135 References 139 Index 153