Dissertation
The meanings and functions of migration
University of Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
Summer 2023
DOI: 10.25820/etd.007116
Abstract
This dissertation seeks to examine the functions of migration across cultures—the Islamic and the Western—and over time from the advent of Islam. From the beginning of our species, migration has always and perhaps universally been one crucial way for people to improve their lives. At the same time, migration has been instrumentalized by relatively more powerful entities. Within the context of migration, I define instrumentalism as a relatively powerful entity’s manipulation or exploitation of the act of migration itself (that is to say, the movement of people) or of policies and norms related to migration for its own benefit. In this project, I argue that instrumentalism is an increasingly distinctive feature of contemporary international migration that takes place in a state-centered system. To illustrate how instrumentalism works within migration, and informed by major theoretical frameworks, I analyze historical and contemporary events, primary sources, and legal documents across cultures and over time.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The meanings and functions of migration
- Creators
- Yoko Nakamura
- Contributors
- Ahmed E. Souaiaia (Advisor)Yasmine Ramadan (Committee Member)John C. Reitz (Committee Member)Morten Schlütter (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Date degree season
- Summer 2023
- DOI
- 10.25820/etd.007116
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- vi, 184 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2023 Yoko Nakamura
- Comment
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- Language
- English
- Date submitted
- 05/22/2023
- Description illustrations
- Illustrations, tables
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-179).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
From the beginning of our species, migration has always and perhaps universally been one crucial way for people to improve their lives. Contemporary migration, however, takes place within a state-centric system in which states are able to use their power to instrumentalize migration for their own benefit. This often leads to systemic injustices in which ordinary people are simultaneously deprived of both their right to stay and their right to move.
- Academic Unit
- Interdisciplinary Studies Program
- Record Identifier
- 9984454742902771
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