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Migration as a Capability: Discussing Sen's Capability Approach in the Context of International Migration

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Eichsteller, Marta

Abstract

Migration is a form of spatial and social transplant from one local and national context to another. Migration trajectories often expose the underlying intersections of social relations and social hierarchies that underpin cultural and social national environments. Migrants who encounter those compl... mehr

Migration is a form of spatial and social transplant from one local and national context to another. Migration trajectories often expose the underlying intersections of social relations and social hierarchies that underpin cultural and social national environments. Migrants who encounter those complex structural inequalities must learn to negotiate classed, gendered and racialised social relations and seek the most suitable social positions within new systems. This article builds on Amartya Sen’s capability approach to conceptualise migrants' embeddedness in the framework of social inequalities and explores the relationship between individual choices, resources and entitlements. It points towards patterns of advantage and disadvantage that frame migrants' opportunities and draws tacit analytical, theoretical and methodological links that have the innovative potential for the study of migration. Building on the parallels between studies in the fields of social inequalities and migration, this article argues that Sen's analytical and conceptual approach provides innovative insights into migration experiences, and Sen’s unique reasoning opens up new avenues for the discussion of migrants' social justice.... weniger

Klassifikation
Migration

Freie Schlagwörter
capabilities; choice; entitlement; inequalities; migration; social justice

Sprache Dokument
Englisch

Publikationsjahr
2021

Seitenangabe
S. 174-181

Zeitschriftentitel
Social Inclusion, 9 (2021) 1

Heftthema
Migration and Unequal Social Positions in a Transnational Perspective

ISSN
2183-2803

Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0


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