Denial, Deterrence, and Disenchantment

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Why Many Never Immigrate

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book complements abundant research about immigrants by contributing novel data, knowledge, and theories about potential immigrants-those who might have immigrated but did not despite the benefits of migration to immigrants and origin and destination societies. The text examines three mechanisms that reduce or restrict immigration-governments denying visas, policies and social forces deterring many from applying for visas, and potential immigrants becoming disenchanted with immigration. Jacob expands the Push-Pull Model to a Push-Retain-Pull-Repel Model that accounts for why many remain ambivalently immobile. Narratives of might-have-been-immigrants reveal an (im)mobility paradox: factors facilitating migration-socio-economic resources and social ties-also hinder it. The book analyses denial, deterrence, and disenchantment from the perspective of countless people who do not immigrate due to one of these processes, revealing how they are socio-economically stratified with respect to each other and immigrants. This provokes a deeper, more global understanding of inequalities in migratory opportunities.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-06-30
Vikt500 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor356
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009661546

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Jacob Richard Thomas (Ph.D., UCLA) is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department of Corvinus University of Budapest and a Research Fellow at Princeton University's Center for Migration and Development. His mixed-methods research addresses important questions of why more people do not migrate or travel internationally than we observe in the world today, what affects migrant selectivity, what constrains the state's ability to control migration, and how migratory opportunities are stratified along a diverse range of intersecting social dimensions. He has published research in peer-reviewed journals like Theory and Society, International Migration Review, European Journal of Sociology, Chinese Political Science Review, International Journal of Sociology, Symbolic Interaction, and International Political Science Review.

1. Introduction: a specter of might-have-been-immigrants haunts international migration; Part I. Denial: 2. What ties individuals to a society?: how (Im)mobility capital stratifies international movement; 3. How the strategic presentation of the non-immigrant self undermines the non-immigrant/immigrant binary; Part II. Deterrence: 4. The gendered ways familial ties reduce international migration and mobility; 5. not settled enough to be internationally mobile: how deadlines in the life course schedule deter potential migrants; Part III. Disenchantment: 6. Disenchanted with the immigrant's dream: the gradual sociological formation of ex-immigrant subjectivity; 7. “I wanted to immigrate until ________”: what type of sudden shocks end immigration projects?; 8. What we gain from more knowledge about denial, deterrence and disenchantment and those who never immigrate; Methodological appendix; Bibliography.

'Migration is good for the migrants, which is why many people worldwide want to move somewhere else. Yet most potential international migrants find themselves blocked from doing what would make their lives better. In this deeply researched, fascinating book, Jacob Thomas takes a penetrating look at the way in which immigration policies and bureaucratic practices keep people in place. The results is an important book, one from which scholars as well as students have much to learn.' Roger Waldinger, Distinguished Professor and Director of the UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration