Migration, mobility, and circulation in the Middle East: rethinking inequalities and informality

Lebanon Support is seeking submissions for the fourth issue of the Civil Society Review:

Migration, mobility, and circulation in the Middle East: rethinking inequalities and informality

Issue edited by: Dr Maissam Nimer and Amreesha Jagarnathsingh

This Call for Papers aims to explore at the national (macro-), subnational/local (meso-), and individual (micro-) levels to which extent migration governance perpetuates inequality and social injustice. It seeks to examine how discourse and practices in migration are articulated, and to what extent these take into account the diversity of individual situations. It emphasises processes of inclusion and exclusion that underlie migration, and interrogates the norms diffused by the state, as well as instigated resistances, mobilisations, and conflicts. Moreover, this Call for Papers seeks to investigate refugees’ and migrants’ informal solutions to the constraints of migration governance.

Therefore, by way of illustration, we encourage submission tackling these issues from various disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and methods. We especially welcome empirical papers that address the three lacunas identified above in spheres, forms, and policies about the following topics, among others:

1. What are the various everyday manifestations of refugee and migrant “integration”? What do the concepts of integration or diversity mean and entail in the varying local contexts across the region? Which are the strategies employed and challenges faced, depending on social positions and gendered practices among others? How do migrants adjust their trajectories and behave in order to “integrate” in host communities?  How is agency produced in the context of formal and informal practices?

2. What is the role of invisible actors, both in origin and destination countries, in migration governance and in offering assistance or relief? What is the role of grassroots and civil society movements and actors  in migratory and integration processes?

3. To what extent have policies adopted in the region been efficient in managing people on the move? To what extent are these policies and measures in accordance with human rights?  

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Submission guidelines and calendar

Calendar

Abstracts should be sent to: editor@lebanon-support.org before 1 February, 2019.

Authors whose submissions have been accepted for publication will be notified in February 2019 by the editors.

Final papers should be shared with Lebanon Support for blind peer review by 15 May, 2019.

Submission guidelines

Lebanon Support encourages contributions from experienced scholars, early career researchers, PhD candidates, practitioners, activists, and civil society experts. Authors can submit papers in Arabic, English or French.  All papers will go through a double blind peer-review process.

Priority will be given to submissions that adopt critical approaches to related concepts and categories, engage with a solid theoretical framework, and are based on empirical research.  Case studies on national and local contexts in the MENA region and Turkey, as well as comparative submissions, are encouraged.

Abstract Submission Format

Submissions can be in Arabic, English, or French.

Please submit the following details in a word document/pdf file:

• Name(s)
• Title(s) and affiliation(s)
• Paper title
• Abstract, not exceeding 500 words
• Short bio of 250 words and one page CV
• Corresponding email address

Papers should be between 8,000 and  10,000 words. Practitioners testimonies should not exceed 3,000 words, and book reviews should be between 700 and 1000 words.

For more information about the submission and the editorial process see here. Detailed guidelines can be found on this link.

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