%0 Journal Article
%T Migration
%A Jaeeun Kim
%J Sociological Theory
%@ 1467-9558
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0735275118794982
%X Despite the centrality of the notion of ¡°capital,¡± scholarship on international migration has yet to fully explore the generative potential of Bourdieu¡¯s theory. This article ¡°thinks with¡± Bourdieu to theorize how states, aspiring migrants, and migration brokers interact over the valorization, conversion, and legitimization of various types of capital for migration purposes. Drawing on Bourdieu¡¯s theorization on the state, I identify the variegated ways in which state policies and their enactment by frontline gatekeepers constitute migration-facilitating capital. I show how migration brokers help migrants acquire adequate capital¡ªor the semblance of possession of such capital¡ªto contest the state¡¯s monopolistic claim over the governance of identity, qualification, and mobility. Drawing on Bourdieu¡¯s conceptualization of field, habitus, illusio, and symbolic violence, I analyze how migrants partake in ¡°organized striving¡± for migration-facilitating capital, the uneven distribution of which produces material and symbolic stratification
%K Pierre Bourdieu
%K capital
%K migration control
%K migration brokerage
%K positional struggle
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0735275118794982