This volume serves as an excellent entry point for researchers interested in learning more about a topic that has been at the center of political, social, and economic debate.
Cecilia Menjívar holds the Dorothy L. Meier Endowed Chair at UCLA, where she is a Professor of Sociology. Her research focuses on the role of the state in creating liminal legal statuses and immigrants' expeiences of vulnerable legal statuses. Empirically, she focuses on Central American migration to the United States.
Marie Ruiz is Associate Professor in British Social History at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France. Her research focuses on 19th century British female emigration societies.
Immanuel Ness is Professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg. His research focuses on labour migration, Global South, and global political economy.