Geopolitics by another name: immigration and the politics of assimilation |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Medical School, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK;2. Norwegian Centre for Maritime Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Norway;1. Unidad Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Carretera Panamericana Zacatecas-Fresnillo Km 31.5, Gral. Enrique Estrada, Zacatecas, 98560, Mexico;2. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Ave. Universidad S/N, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, 66450, Mexico;3. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Instituto Literario No. 100, Colonia Centro, Toluca, Estado de México, 50000, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | In this introduction to the special issue on the geopolitics of migration, I discuss some of the problematic elements of current approaches to migration studies. In particular, I comment on the concept of ‘transnationalism’ as it has been applied to immigrant communities, and argue that claims about immigrant transnationalism resemble contemporary and historical polemics on the non-assimilation of immigrants. I propose that our understanding of the dynamics of immigrant-host society relationships must begin with an understanding of the geopolitical contexts in which migration takes place. I illustrate my argument using the case of Arab Americans in the aftermath of September 11, and I conclude by urging a reconsideration of the concept of assimilation as a ‘politics of sameness’. |
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