New perspectives on the agriculture–migration nexus

In this introductory article to the special issue on ‘Agricultural Regimes and Migrant Labour’, we first propose analytical concept of ‘agriculture–migration nexus’. This is made up a series causal co-constructive links between specialised agriculture, one hand, seasonal temporary regimes migrant labour other. second part paper identify number cross-cutting themes which resonate across papers that make issue. These include new geographical patterns agricultural migration, especially in Europe; focus districts involving intensive production crops such as tomatoes strawberries; disciplining function time, inscribed into daily work rhythms; moral questions surrounding justification for exploitation how it can be challenged. The final section presents highlights from eight substantive follow, demonstrating they are logically sequenced integrated whole.