Migration and Race Central and Eastern European Perspectives

"Migration and Race: Central and Eastern European Perspectives is an important contribution to the historical entanglements of Central and East Europe in the global colonial expansion and the way those legacies have come to shape ongoing bordering, migration and racialization processes in the region. Being a result of collective thinking and writing through the solidarity network Postdependence Geographies in Central and Eastern Europe, the book is essential reading for those interested in epistemic shifts and pluriversal approaches to the geopolitics of former Central and Eastern Europe with empirical insights on anti-racism and migration in the region." - Piro Rexhepi, UCL, London, UK

"Dealing with semiperipheral locations such as Europe's East requires difficult balancing acts: naming the region without reifying it, deconstructing longstanding tropes without claiming to decolonize the knowledge that produced them, addressing the researchers' positionality even as it shifts for those migrating and for those staying put. This much-needed volume walks this tightrope skillfully by showcasing patterns of migration and racialization in a part of Europe little associated with either." - Manuela Boatca, University of Freiburg, Germany