Introduction – Migration unbound |
In contemporary political discourse, migration has often been represented as a force of uncertainty for regional and global order and a threat to the security of nation states. These negative representations have overshadowed the potential challenge that international migrations represent for the development of new forms of democratic theory and practice. Diverse phenomena such as the emergence of new forms of hybrid identities, the development of transnational networks, the (re)birth of diasporic belongings have highlighted creative avenues of escape from the impasse that democratic societies face. “Migration unbound” explores migrations as movements that open up the limits of modern democracies to the forces of transnationalism and globalization calling for alternative forms of representation that challenge national borders and putting in question the citizen/alien divide.
Special issue: migration unbound
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migrants
