How is migration governed, why is it so, and how could it realistically be improved? These are the main questions that Alexander Betts’ latest book addresses, making sense of the ‘fragmented and incoherent’ governance of migration. In contrast to oft-heard simplistic arguments ‘for better’ or ‘greater’ governance of migration, the book’s seventeen contributors develop a much needed compilation of information. This broad and thorough analysis will be immensely useful for students and researchers as a basis for further policy-relevant studies. More than an end product, the book is above all – Betts insists – a ‘starting point for developing new analytical and conceptual tools for understanding global migration governance’ (p 29). Each of the twelve chapters offers ‘a stand-alone introduction to the global governance and international politics’ (at 29) of a specific area of global migration governance. These areas are: low-skilled labour migration, high-skilled labour migration, irregular migration, international travel,...
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Benoît Mayer (2012) studied this question.