Gender, Migration and Categorisation : Making Distinctions Between Migrants in Western Countries, 1945-2010.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction: Making a difference - Marlou Schrover and Deirdre Moloney -- 2. Refugees and restrictionism: Armenian women immigrants to the USA in the post-World War I era - Yael Schacher -- 3. New refugees? : Manly war resisters prevent an asylum crisis in the Netherlands, 1968 - 1973 - Tycho Walaardt -- 4. A gender-blind approach in Canadian refugee processes: Mexican female claimants in the new refugee narrative - Monica Boyd and Joanne Nowak -- 5. Queer asylum: US policies and responses to sexual orientation and transgendered persecution - Connie Oxford -- 6. Belonging and membership: Postcolonial legacies of colonial family law in Dutch immigration policies - Sarah van Walsun, Guno Jones and Susan Legêne -- 7. Blood matters: Sarkozy's immigration policies and their gendered impact - Catherine Raissiguier -- 8. Gender, inequality and integration: Swedish policies on migrant incorporation and the position of migrant women - Maja Cederberg -- 9. Take off that veil and give me access to your body: An analysis of Danish debates about Muslim women's head and body covering - Rikke Andreassen -- 10. Mulitculturalism, dependent residence status and honour killings: Explaining current Dutch intolerance towards ethnic minorities from a gender perspective (1960 - 2000) - Marlou Schrover -- 11. Conclusion: Gender, migration and cross-categorical research - Marlou Schrover and Deirdre Moloney -- About the authors.

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