Handbook on Diasporas and Migration

This insightful Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the evolving study of migration and diasporas across the new millennium. Bringing together leading scholars, it advances de-migranticization perspectives that situate experiences of individuals and communities within broader political, economic and spatial structures, rather than treating them as phenomena reducible to migration alone.

Contributors demonstrate that diasporic, migrant and refugee lives are shaped by various factors, including ethnicity, culture, political pressures, global crises, digital transformations, transnationalism and their environment. Case studies spanning Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America explore topics such as how identities, citizenship and belonging are negotiated and how technology reconfigures social connections and political ties. This Handbook reframes key debates in the field, advancing research by highl