Shaping Migration between Europe and Latin America: New Perspectives and Challenges

Ana Margheritis is reader in international relations at the University of Southampton. Her areas of expertise include transnational migration, comparative regional integration, foreign policy, inter-American relations, and Latin American political economy.

Foreword Mark ThurnerPart 1. Framing the debate 1. Introduction. Transatlantic migration flows, policies and practices in the 21st century Ana Margheritis 2. Framing understandings of international migration: how governance actors make sense of migration in Europe and South AmericaAndrew Geddes and Marcia Vera EspinozaPart 2. Homemaking, ideas and institutions in a transatlantic journey3. Citizenship in Latin America from a comparative historical perspective: evolution and Spanish influencesDiego Acosta4. Diaspora engagement policies and migrants' narratives across the AtlanticAna Irene Rovetta Cortes5. South American regional citizenship as figurative frontier: European influences on a political project in the makingAna MargheritisPart 3. Agent-structure dynamics in contemporary migration flows6. Don't call me a `victim'! Migration projects and sexual exploitation of Brazilian travestis in Europe Emanuela Abbatecola7. Latin American women and Italian families: agency beyond structural constraints and exploitation Maurizio Ambrosini8. Agency, structure and transnationalism in Colombian migration to the UK: the emergence of a migration system? Anastasia BermudezPart 4. Conclusions 9. Looking ahead David Owen