%0 Book Section
%T What Do We Talk when We Tal about Migration Regimes. The Diverse Theoretical Roots of an Increasingly Popular Concept
publisher Springer Nature
%D 2018
%U 978-3-658-20531-7
%U 978-3-658-20532-4
%@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/133442
%X Since the 1990s, the notion of “migration regime” has enjoyed a growing popularity in social sciences. The popularity of a term has not been matched, however, by the development of a precise definition. Through a hermeneutical interpretation of the literature on migration regimes, we show how, despite its current imperfections and ambiguities, the concept provides a much-needed middle path in the analysis of the regulation of international migration. One that enables, for instance, an adequately complex, and yet realistic, understanding of the current role of nation-states: neither almighty, undisputed actors, nor marginal, powerless ones.
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