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Redeker Hepner, T., Treiber, M. Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies. Sociologus, 71(2), 175-189. https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.71.2.175
Redeker Hepner, Tricia and Treiber, Magnus "Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies" Sociologus 71.2, 2022, 175-189. https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.71.2.175
Redeker Hepner, Tricia/Treiber, Magnus (2022): Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies, in: Sociologus, vol. 71, iss. 2, 175-189, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.71.2.175

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Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies

Redeker Hepner, Tricia | Treiber, Magnus

Sociologus, Vol. 71 (2021), Iss. 2 : pp. 175–189

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Tricia Redeker Hepner, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ.

Magnus Treiber, Institut für Ethnologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.

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Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Tricia Redeker Hepner / Magnus Treiber: Discussion Paper. The Anti-Refugee Machine: A Draft Framework for Migration Studies 175
1. Introducing the Anti-Refugee Machine 175
2. Rethinking Machines and Migration Regimes 176
2.1 Why a Machine? 177
2.2 Rethinking Migration Terminologies 178
2.3 Historical and Geopolitical Contexts 179
2.4 Problems of Agency and Resistance 180
2.5 The Machine 182
3. Conclusion 186
References 186