The Politics of the Nation and the Limits of Immigrant Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4486338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily Frazier (0000-0002-9573-0924, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 671-690 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00167428.2024.2387822 |
| OpenAlex | W4401635141 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
This paper explores how the "politics of the nation" shape migration research. Immigration research inherently intersects with the political dynamics of nation-states; however, beyond this fundamental framework, a myriad of political factors shape the agendas and methodologies of researchers seeking to enter these fields. This paper examines how these politics influence the questions asked and knowledge produced within the context of immigration research through vignettes drawn from fieldwork conducted during an era of heightened politicization and challenges for immigration institutions in the United States. It illustrates how the politics of the nation materialize in institutional contexts, when contentious politics constrain access to data, research spaces, or participants; curtail the openness of potential community partners; or erect barriers to certain types of academic inquiry. Ultimately, this paper calls for a critical examination of how political forces shape and constrain the practice of immigration research, as well as the epistemological costs. Keywords: immigrant institutions, fieldwork, refugee resettlement, immigrant research, politics, politicization
Context (archaeology · Immigration · Immigration policy · Immigration reform · Openness to experience · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
Documenting Detention
Refugees in Extended Exile
Refuge
Sampling challenges in a study examining refugee resettlement
Re‐searching access
Unfulfilled Promises, Future Possibilities
Revisiting positionality and the thesis of situated knowledge
Unsettling feminist geopolitics
Mediating messiness
When ‘Self-Sufficiency’ Is Not Sufficient
Addressing Ethical and Methodological Challenges in Research with Refugee-background Young People
Refugee research in the shadow of fear
Situating knowledges
Ethnographies of closed doors
Unsettling Resettlement
Getting Personal
The Field as Here and Now, Not There and Then
The Geopolitics of Migration and Mobility
Research in Times of Emergency
"When Fieldwork "Fails
We are of the connections
Understanding 'faith' in faith-based organizations
Forced migrants and secure belonging
Researching migration and enforcement in obscured places
Situated Knowledges
Finding the Hidden Participant
A plea for the 'de-migranticization' of research on migration and integration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |