<div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Invitation to Virtual Book Launch: The Invisibility Bargain, by Jeffrey D. Pugh</b></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The University of Massachusetts Boston McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies and the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance is pleased to announce the publication of <i>The</i><i><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span>Invisibility Bargain: Governance Networks and Migrant Human Security</i><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> (Oxford University Press, 2021) by Assistant Professor Jeffrey D. Pugh, and to invite LASA Ecuatorianistas to join the virtual book launch.  The event will take place on Thursday, April 1, 2021 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. EDT (2 p.m. Ecuador time), and will be hosted by Dr. Stacy Vandeveer, chair of the department, featuring reflections by the author about the book and about migrant integration and peacebuilding among Colombians in Ecuador, and commentary from Dr. Gioconda Herrera, president of the Latin American Studies Association and professor at FLACSO Ecuador.  For more information, and the link to register, see <a href="https://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/celebrate_the_publication_of_jeffrey_pughs_new_book_the_invisibility_bargain" id="m_-7004717968823982174gmail-LPlnk" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">https://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/celebrate_the_publication_of_jeffrey_pughs_new_book_the_invisibility_bargain</a>. </span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.1"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;outline:0px;font-size:22.5px;background:0px 0px"><img src="cid:ii_kmp076wo0" alt="image.png" width="156" height="236"><br><br></span></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.1"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;outline:0px;font-size:22.5px;background:0px 0px"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0197553915/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vamf_tkin_p1_i0" title="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0197553915/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vamf_tkin_p1_i0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">The Invisibility Bargain: Governance Networks & Migrant Human Security</a> (Oxford University Press 2021)</span></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.65em;outline:0px;font-size:15px;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.65em;font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,sans-serif"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;outline:0px;background:0px 0px">The Invisibility Bargain</em><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span>seeks to understand how migrants negotiate their place in receiving societies and adapt innovative strategies to integrate, participate, and access protection. Specifically, the book examines Ecuador, the largest recipient of refugees in Latin America, and assesses how it achieved migrant human security gains despite weak state presence in peripheral areas. It argues that localities with more dense networks composed of more diverse actors tend to produce greater human security for migrants and their neighbors. The book challenges the conventional understanding of migration and security, providing a new approach to the negotiation of authority between state and society. By examining the informal pathways to human security, Pugh dismantles the false dichotomy between international and national politics, and exposes the micro politics of institutional innovation.  <i>The Invisibility Bargain</i> is the winner of the Arthur P. Whitaker Prize for best book in the past two years, awarded by the Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies (MACLAS).  </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.65em;outline:0px;font-size:15px;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:1.65em;font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;outline:0px;background:0px 0px;font-weight:700"><a href="http://jeffreypugh.com/" title="http://jeffreypugh.com/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">Jeffrey D. Pugh</a><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></span>is Assistant Professor in the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and the founding executive director of the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC) in Quito, Ecuador. Pugh's research focuses on peacebuilding and non-state actors in the Global South, and he is a past president of the Middle Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies (MACLAS).</p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><p class="gmail-x_xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:17.05pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">---------<br>Jeffrey D. Pugh<br>Assistant Professor</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:17.05pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:17.05pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies<br>University of Massachusetts, Boston</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p><p class="gmail-x_xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:17.05pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border: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