Call for Papers: Migration and Crisis in Europe

This special issue wants to critically examine how the relationship between migration and different dimensions of crisis has played out in the context of Europe over the last ten years, with a particular focus on borders, labour and social reproduction. Europe is not understood simply as the geographical setting of various crises, but also as a political and cultural entity that has found itself in crisis, including as a result of the challenges posed by migratory movements. Meanwhile, crisis does not simply describe a set of conjunctures, but is specifically understood here to concomitantly operate as a powerful narrative device that, when invoked, produces a set of meanings that structure knowledge of social phenomena and, crucially, shape policy decisions and governance structures.

We invite research manuscripts for inclusion in a special issue entitled ‘Migration and  Crisis in Europe’ to be edited by Nick Dines, Nicola Montagna and Elena Vacchelli (all currently based in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Middlesex University) to be published in Sociology in 2018, the flagship journal of the British Sociological Association.

Deadline for submissions: 13 March 2017 (full papers)-Word limit: 8000 words-For any queries regarding this special issue, please contact: Nick Dines (nick.dines@uniroma3.it) ; Nicola Montagna (n.montagna@mdx.ac.uk) and Elena Vacchelli (e.vacchelli@mdx.ac.uk).Submit online: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/soc