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Author Pugh, Jeffrey D., author

Title The invisibility bargain : governance networks and migrant human security / Jeffrey D. Pugh
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages) : illustrations
Contents The invisibility bargain -- Adaptive institutions and networked governance -- Comparing governance networks and human security outcomes in 6 Ecuadorian provinces -- Evolution of the central actors in the governance network-the state, the UN, and the church -- Valued contribution and social invisibility in Ecuador -- Political invisibility and migrants' networked governance strategies in Ecuador
Summary "In an era of mass migration and restrictive responses, this book seeks to understand how migrants negotiate their place in the receiving society and adapt innovative strategies to integrate, participate, and access protection. Their acceptance is often contingent on the expectation that they contribute economically to the host country while remaining politically and socially invisible. These unwritten expectations, which Pugh calls the 'invisibility bargain', produce a precarious status in which migrants' visible differences or overt political demands on the state may be met with a hostile backlash from the host society. In this context, governance networks of state and non-state actors form an institutional web that can provide access to rights, resources, and protection for migrants through informal channels that avoid a negative backlash against visible political activism. This book examines Ecuador, the largest recipient of refugees in Latin America, asking how it has achieved migrant human security gains despite weak state presence in peripheral areas. Pugh deploys evidence from 15 months of fieldwork spanning ten years in Ecuador, including 170 interviews, an original survey of Colombian migrants in six provinces, network analysis, and discourse analysis of hundreds of presidential speeches and news media articles. The key finding is that localities with more dense networks composed of more diverse actors tend to produce greater human security for migrants and their neighbors. The argument has implications beyond Ecuador for migrant-receiving countries around the world. The book challenges the conventional understanding of migration and security, providing a fresh approach to the negotiation of authority between state and society. Its nuanced account of informal pathways to human security dismantles the false dichotomy between international and national politics, and it exposes the micro politics of institutional innovation"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 27, 2021)
Subject Refugees -- Colombia -- Social conditions
Refugees -- Ecuador -- Social conditions
Colombians -- Ecuador -- Social conditions
Refugees -- Social networks -- Case studies
Human security -- Ecuador
Social sciences -- Network analysis.
Colombians -- Social conditions
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Human security
Refugees -- Social conditions
Social sciences -- Network analysis
SUBJECT Ecuador -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Ecuador -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Subject Colombia
Ecuador
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020038368
ISBN 0197538703
9780197538715
0197538711
9780197538722
019753872X
9780197538708