A. Pécoud 
Depoliticising Migration [PDF ebook] 
Global Governance and International Migration Narratives

Migration has become, since the nineties, the subject of growing international discussion and cooperation. By critically analyzing the reports produced by international organisations on migration, this book sheds light on the way these actors frame migration and develop their recommendations on how it should be governed.

Table of Content

1. Introduction 2. At UNESCO 3. ‘Global Migration Governance’ And The Need For Shared Narratives 4. Introducing International Migration Narratives 5. Why Read IMN? 6. Constructing A Federating Discourse 7. Ordering Migration 8. Depoliticising Migration 9. Conclusion

About the author

Antoine Pécoud is Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris 13, France. He holds a Ph D in social anthropology from the University of Oxford. Between 2003 and 2012, he worked as a migration specialist for UNESCO. His research addresses the global politics of migration. He has co-edited several books, including Migration Without Borders (with P. de Guchteneire, 2007), The Politics of International Migration Management (with M. Geiger, 2010), and Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People (with M. Geiger, 2013).