Janker, Judith; Thieme, Susan (2021). Migration and justice in the era of sustainable development goals: a conceptual framework. Sustainability science, 16(5), pp. 1423-1437. Springer 10.1007/s11625-021-00958-3
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Migration and mobility are major characteristics of societies worldwide. The reasons for and pathways of migrations vary, as do perceptions of migration. Political debates are often organised normatively: the debate on the sustainable development goals presents migration foremost as a development issue resulting from global inequalities. The problems faced by particular migrants, and what a more sustainable approach to migration would look like are, therefore, often lost in political debates. We aim to address those gaps: the article conceptualizes, based on established academic debates, how sustainability in migration can be addressed systematically, which aspects are important for a more sustainable migration process and which trade-offs and injustices exist from several perspectives. We create a conceptual framework of sustainability in migration processes, building on the concepts of inter- and intragenerational justice, commonly accepted as the core of the sustainability concept. We apply this conceptual framework to empirical findings on labour migration and multilocality in Kyrgyzstan. The case enables consideration of the nested system effects of scale and translocality. This research is novel
because it bridges the divided literature on migration, justice and sustainability, integrates theoretical and empirical insights and provokes a debate on which kind of migration we want to achieve.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability > Unit Critical Sustainability Studies (CSS) 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography |
UniBE Contributor: |
Thieme, Susan |
Subjects: |
900 History > 910 Geography & travel |
ISSN: |
1862-4065 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Melina Gabriela Weiss |
Date Deposited: |
18 Jun 2021 15:11 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:51 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s11625-021-00958-3 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/156454 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/156454 |
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