INVESTIGADORES
GIL Sandra Viviana
capítulos de libros
Título:
Migration Policies and Family Life across the Atlantic. Latin American Migrant Families in Spain
Autor/es:
GIL ARAUJO, SANDRA; PEDONE, CLAUDIA
Libro:
Migration, Familie und Gesellschaft. Beitrage zu Theorie, Kultur und Politik
Editorial:
Springer VS
Referencias:
Lugar: Wiesbaden ; Año: 2014; p. 341 - 356
Resumen:
The main purpose of this article is to explore and highlight the heterogeneity of migration projects and trajectories of Latin American migrant families in Spain, their varied ways of inclusion/exclusion and their connection with the implementation of family migration policies. Compared with other EU countries, Spain stands out for its lack of statistical data on family-related migration and for the scarcity of investigations that go beyond an analysis of the regulations regarding family reunification. Taking the feminization of migrations as our starting point, we are especially interested in analysing the way in which family reunification processes have shaped themselves. An approach which, to some extent, will result in a contribution to the field of migration studies, since it brings together the conceptual dimension (definition of family), the political and normative dimension (regulation of family migrations and public intervention) and the subjective and micro dimension of these processes (family reorganization, readjustments of gender and generational relations). With these ascertainments as a starting point, our lines of research are oriented towards answering the following questions: 1) How do family migration policies assign different rights to migrants depending on their gender, generation, legal status, nationality and time of arrival? 2) What are the empirical consequences of policies regarding family reunification modalities and family relations according to gender, age, different stages of the migration project, national origins, times of arrival and access to labour market? 3) How do migrants, their sons/daughters and families respond to and challenge restrictive family migration regulations while consolidating social and political transnationalism processes?
