Depoliticising Migration: Global Governance and International Migration Narratives [Hardcover]

Migration has become, since the nineties, the subject of growing international discussion and cooperation. By critically analyzing the reports produced by international organisations on migration, this book sheds light on the way these actors frame migration and develop their recommendations on how it should be governed.1. Introduction 2. At UNESCO 3. 'Global Migration Governance' And The Need For Shared Narratives 4. Introducing International Migration Narratives 5. Why Read IMN? 6. Constructing A Federating Discourse 7. Ordering Migration 8. Depoliticising Migration 9. Conclusion

P?coud provides a unique book that could be considered as a deepened compendium of his scholarly trajectory and of his intellectual devenir. & P?couds book is & not only an inspiring exercise in intellectual honesty; it is also a broader stimulus for social researchers to think about the current status, characteristics, constraints, and role of the social sciences. (Antonina Levatino, Population Space and Place, Vol. 23, 2017)

The writing is succinct and in only 144 pages, P?coud outlines a convincing argument about how IMN are imbued with politics. & the book succeeds in providing a critical and nuanced analysis of IMN, and of how they shape migration issues. & the book may especially be of inspiration to academic researchers and civil society organisations. (Julie Schiltz, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vo1. 17 (2), May, 2016)

P?couds own experience of the inner workings of an international organisation  of bureaucratic entrepreneurialism and political manoeuvring, of self-censorship and the politicisation of terminology  makes his book an important read not only for development and migration scholars but for general international relations students as well. It should also be of interest to practitioners who may share the authors feeling of unease at partaking in the international narratives of migration. (Sara Kalm,lÃW