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Migration

Europe's Immigration Challenge: Reconciling Work, Welfare and Mobility

Argues that governments across Europe need to devise labour market, welfare and immigration policies in an integrated fashion.

Europe's Immigration Challenge: Reconciling Work, Welfare and Mobility

Argues that governments across Europe need to devise labour market, welfare and immigration policies in an integrated fashion.

In an increasingly globalised world, the engagement of diasporic communities in trans-nationalism has become a potent force. This title argues that expanding channels of communication have provided the Turkish state with more scope to mobilize its nationals abroad around official Kemalist ideology.

This book uses new material to explore Scottish migrant networks, identities, and personal experiences in areas as diverse as India, New Zealand, and Canada. Assorted migrant voices are presented, from Ellis Island and Australia, the tracts of transients in Asia and the Caribbean, and voluminous correspondence from North America.

The Chinese Diaspora in SouthEast Asia The Overseas Chinese in IndoChina Cover

As Qing Dynasty China disintegrated, economic hardship and civil disorder led to millions of Chinese men and women seeking their fortunes abroad, many journeying south into French Indochina. This title focuses on the overseas Chinese communities in French Indochina and the interactions between them and French colonial authorities.

Palestinians in Lebanon Refugees Living with Longterm Displacement Cover

Drawing upon comprehensive research in the twelve official refugee camps in Lebanon, the author examines the impact of protracted refugee status on the coping mechanisms developed by refugees. This book provides a long overdue account of one of the most neglected refugee communities in the world.

African Women and Apartheid Migration and Settlement in South Africa Cover

Explores the process and consequences of settlement through the everyday lives and testimonies of three generations of African women in Cape Town during the apartheid (1948-94) and post-apartheid periods.

From Egypt to Europe Globalisation and Migration Across the Mediterranean Cover

How does the process of globalisation relate to the increase of migratory flows from less developed countries to western ones? This book explores the impact of globalisation upon migration from an international political economy perspective, paying attention to the dynamics of migration from the Middle East and North Africa area.