Emigration category: 2215 books
Emigrant Dreams, Immigrant Borders
Migrants, Transnational Encounters, and Identity in Spain
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Emigrant Dreams, Immigrant Borders: Migrants, Transnational Encounters, and Identity in Spain offers a new approach to the cultural history of contemporary Spain, examining the ways in which Spain’s own self-conceptions are changing and multiplying in response to migrants from Latin America and...
Fragile Migration Rights
Freedom of movement in post-Soviet Russia
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
The Soviet Union comprehensively governed the mobility of its citizens by barring emigration and strictly regulating internal migration. In the aftermath of the Soviet collapse, the constitution and laws of the new Russian Federation appeared to herald a complete break with the repressiveness of the...
The Cultures of Italian Migration
Diverse Trajectories and Discrete Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2011
The Cultures of Italian Migration allows the adjective 'Italian' to qualify people's movements along diverse trajectories and temporal dimensions. Discussions on migrations to and from Italy meet in that discursive space where critical concepts like 'home,' 'identity,' 'subjectivity,' and 'otherness'...
British Untouchables
A Study of Dalit Identity and Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Dalits, formerly called 'untouchables', remain the most oppressed community in India, and indeed in South Asia and have, until recently, been denied human and civic rights. On emigration to the UK and other Western countries they faced a double disadvantage: caste discrimination and racial discrimination...
Temporary Migration, Transformation and Development
Evidence from Europe and Asia
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
In a world grappling with refugee crisis, political unrest and economies on the verge of collapse, temporary migration has become an increasingly common phenomenon.
This volume presents a comprehensive picture of the transformative and development potential of temporary transnational migration...
Latinos in New York
Communities in Transition, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Significant changes in New York City's Latino community have occurred since the first edition of Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition was published in 1996. The Latino population in metropolitan New York has increased from 1.7 million in the 1990s to over 2.4 million, constituting a third...
Migrations
Ireland in a global world
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
This edited collection explores Ireland’s complex relationship with migration in novel and innovative ways. The contributors – leading scholars of migration from the disciplines of anthropology, geography, history, media studies, sociology, sociolinguistics and women’s studies – draw on new...
Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants
A Texas History
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a majority of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States resided in Texas, making the state a flashpoint in debates over whether to deny naturalization rights. As Texas federal courts grappled with the issue, policies pertaining to Mexican...
Scottish Migration Since 1750
Reasons and Results
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Scottish Migration since 1750: Reasons and Results begins a fresh chapter in migration studies using new methods and unpublished sources to map the course of Scottish migration between 1750 and 1990. It explains why the Scottish population grew after 1650, why most Scots continued to be female, and...
Immigration into Spain
Evolution and Socio-educational Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
In the last fifty years Spain has experienced major changes regarding population movements and the perception the Spanish have concerning emigration and immigration as well as emigrants and immigrants. In short, in a few years it has gone from emigrating to receiving a significant flow of foreign...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
This focused case study analyses the roots of super-diversity in a place where immigration is an emerging phenomenon, Northwestern Spain (Galicia). It is characterized by a mostly rural population, an aging demographic, and a historically depressed economy. Yet the region has recently experienced...
Globalization, Migration and Social Transformation
Ireland in Europe and the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
In the space of around ten years Ireland went from being a traditional labour exporter to a leading European economy, and thus an attractive destination for immigrants from Eastern Europe and further afield. This produced a singular social laboratory, which this book explores in all its complexity...
Multicultural Variations
Social Incorporation in Europe and North America
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Contrary to mid-twentieth century predictions, ethnic pluralism has increased dramatically in North America and significantly in Europe. Neither the post 9/11 emphasis on international border security nor anti-immigration and anti-multiculturalism movements have affected the fifty year trend of increasing...
by Ratha, Dilip; Mohapatra, Sanket; Ozden
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
A joint effort led by the African Development Bank and the World Bank 'Leveraging Migration for Africa' is the first comprehensive publication on harnessing migration remittances and other diaspora resources for the development of Africa. It comes at a time when countries in Africa and elsewhere...