Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands : Aspirations and Incorporation.

Cover -- Content -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Irregular Migration as a Fact of Life -- 1.1 Irregular migration as a common feature of Western economies -- 1.2 Studying the lives of irregular migrants -- 1.3 Irregular migrants: Who are they? -- 1.4 Incorporation, assimilation, integration -- 2. Beyond Victims and Communities -- Bringing in aspirations -- 2.1 Current research practice on incorporation -- 2.2 Common perspective focused on survival -- 2.3 Social mobility and incorporation -- 2.4 Comparative designs based on migration motives -- 2.5 Bringing aspirations in -- 3. Studying Aspirations -- 3.1 Grounded theory approach -- 3.2 Researching the lives of irregular migrants -- 3.3 Difficulties in studying irregular migrants -- 4. Immigration Policies in Belgium and the Netherlands -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 History -- 4.3 External control policies -- 4.4 Internal control policies -- 4.5 Legalisation -- 4.6 Research context: Belgium and the Netherlands -- 5. Investment, Settlement and Legalisation Aspirations -- 5.1 Three types of aspirations -- 5.2 Where do they come from? -- 5.3 Changing aspirations -- 5.4 Aspirations and strategies -- 5.5 From aspirations to incorporation -- 6. Living Different Dreams (I) -- Aspirations and functional incorporation -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Housing -- 6.3 Employment -- 6.4 Other sources of income and assistance -- 6.5 Changing aspirations -- 6.6 Aspirations and functional incorporation -- 7. Living Different Dreams (II) -- Aspirations and social incorporation -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Leisure time -- 7.3 Social contacts -- 7.4 Shifts in aspirations -- 7.5 Aspirations and social incorporation -- 8. Aspirations and Transnational Activities -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Economic transnational activities -- 8.3 Social transnational activities -- 8.4 Political transnational activities -- 8.5 Shifts in aspirations.

8.6 Aspirations and transnational activities -- 9. Striving for a Better Position -- Aspirations and the role of economic, cultural and social capital -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Forms of capital -- 9.3 Required forms of capital for realisation of aspirations -- 9.4 Shifts in aspirations -- 9.5 Aspirations and capital -- 10. Assessing a New Perspective -- 10.1 Analysing aspirations: The merits -- 10.2 Implications -- 10.3 Moving forward -- Appendices -- Appendix 1  Semi-structured interviews: Overview of respondent characteristics -- Appendix 2  In-depth interviews with irregular migrants: Overview of respondent characteristics -- Appendix 3  Organisations interviewed -- References.

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