Migration, immigration and emigration Books
Catapult Who Gets Believed
Book SynopsisDina Nayeri's powerful writing confronts issues that are key to the refugee experience.—Viet Thanh Nguyen From the author of The Ungrateful Refugee—finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Kirkus Prize—Who Gets Believed? is a groundbreaking book about persuasion and performance that asks unsettling questions about lies, truths, and the difference between being believed and being dismissed in situations spanning asylum interviews, emergency rooms, consulting jobs, and family lifeWhy are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars?Former refugee and award-winning author Dina Nayeri begins with this question, turning to shocking and illuminating case studies in this book, which grows into a reckoning with our culture’s views on believability. From persuading a doctor that she’d prefer a C-section to learning to “bullshit gracefully” at McKinsey to struggling, in her personal life, to believe her troubled brother-in-law, Nayeri explores an aspect of our society that is rarely held up to the light.For readers of David Grann, Malcolm Gladwell, and Atul Gawande, Who Gets Believed? is a book as deeply personal as it is profound in its reflections on morals, language, human psychology, and the unspoken social codes that determine how we relate to one another.
£12.37
University of Utah Press,U.S. Western Journeys
Book SynopsisIn Western Journeys, Teow Lim Goh charts her journeys immigrating from Singapore and spending the last fifteen years living in and exploring the American West. Goh chronicles her lived experiences while building on the longer history of immigrants from Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, bringing various, and often new insights to places, the historical record, and memory. These vital essays consider how we access truth in the face of erasure. In exploring history, nature, politics, and art, Goh asks, “What does it mean for an immigrant to be at home?” Looking beyond the captivating landscapes of the American West, Goh uncovers stories of the Chinese people who came to America during the exclusion era, the Indigenous peoples who have been written out of popular narratives, and the mountaineers’ merciless ambitions, among many others. She examines the links between the transcontinental railroad, the cowboy myth, and the anti-Chinese prejudice that persists today. These essays explore such subjects as the early efforts to climb Colorado’s highest peaks, the massacre of Chinese miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and the increasingly destructive fire seasons in the West. Goh’s essays create a complex, varied, and sometimes contradictory story of people and landscape that asks more questions than it answers.Trade ReviewWestern Journeys is compelling, powerful, and important. The erasure that Goh wants to combat can only be addressed one word at a time. That is the power and the pain of recovery—it is slow—but once the hidden gets pulled into the light it cannot be lost again. Each of these essays is an act of hauling the past into the present, of naming what many might prefer to ignore or deny."—Jennifer Sinor, author of Sky Songs: Meditations on Loving a Broken World and Ordinary Trauma"The writing in Western Journeys is gorgeous, alternatingly spare and lush, in explicating how Teow Lim Goh found her writerly voice as an immigrant enthralled by an American West built upon the legislated and violent erasure of non-whites."—Michelle Liu, University of WashingtonTable of Contents I: Beyond the Myths Hollywood Pilgrims Coastlines Dreams of Golden Mountain Firecracker At the Ruins II: Ordinary Legacies Western Journeys Ascent The Ideology of Paradise A Memory of Hills At the Ponds III: Visions of Land The Road Home: On Christo and Jeanne- Claude’s Over the River Flowers of Prison: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz Split Footsteps on the Sea Letter to the Arctic IV: Apocalypses Borders and Citizens Refuge: Rocky Flats, Colorado The Ghosts of Bitter Creek Home Lands Fire SeasonV: Off the Page The Stories that Bind Us The Subjective Passions Lost and Found: On Kate Zambreno’s Heroines On Tenacity The Dehumanizing Politics of Likability Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments
£19.16
University of Nevada Press Italian Immigration in the American West:
Book SynopsisIn this carefully researched and engaging book, Kenneth Scambray surveys the lives and contributions of Italian immigrants in thirteen western states. He covers a variety of topics, including the role of the Roman Catholic Church in attracting and facilitating Italian settlement; the economic, political, and cultural contributions made by Italians; and the efforts to preserve Italian culture and to restore connections to their ancestral identity.The lives of immigrants in the West differed greatly from those of their counterparts on the East Coast in many ways. The development of the West—with its cheap land and mining, forestry, and agriculture industries\--created a demand for labor that enabled newcomers to achieve stability and success. Moreover, female immigrants had many more opportunities to contribute materially to their family’s well-being, either by overseeing new revenue streams for their farms and small businesses, or as paid workers outside the home.Despite this success, Italian immigrants in the West could not escape the era’s xenophobia. Scambray also discusses the ways that Italians, perceived by many as non-White, interacted with other Euro-Americans, other immigrant groups, and Native Americans and African Americans.By placing the Italian immigrant experience within the context of other immigrant narratives, Italian Immigration in the American West provides rich insights into the lives and contributions of individuals and families who sought to build new lives in the West. This unique study reveals the impact of Italian immigration and the immense diversity of the immigrant experience outside the East’s urban centers.Trade Review“With its breadth of coverage and exhaustive reference to the most current literature, Italian Immigration in the American West is likely to become the standard work on Italian immigration to the West. It promises to become the reference work that no one who is interested in how Italians populated the West- or in Italian immigration in general- can afford to be without.”- Lawrence DiStasi, author of Branded: How Italian Immigrants Became ‘Enemies’ During World War II;""Kenneth Scambray’s Italian Immigration in the American West is a fine work of scholarship. . . . Anyone who enjoys history will find this book to be a major contribution to chipping away the block of ignorance about the Italians who chose to make America their homes. I predict that this book will be a standard sourcebook on Italians in the American West for years to come.”- Valentine J. Belfiglio, Cornaro Professor Emeritus, Texas Woman’s University.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. The Southwest Chapter 1. Texas Chapter 2. New Mexico Chapter 3. Arizona Part II. The Midsection of the West Chapter 4. Colorado Chapter 5. Utah Chapter 6. Wyoming Chapter 7. Idaho Part III. The North of the West Chapter 8. Montana Chapter 9. Alaska Chapter 10. Washington Part IV. The Far West Chapter 11. Oregon Chapter 12. Nevada Chapter 13. California Chapter 14. Social and Cultural Capital Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
£999.99
Rowman & Littlefield International Contemporary Boat Migration: Data, Geopolitics,
Book SynopsisThis book explores contemporary migration by boat through the intertwined, and under-explored, elements of empirical data, governance and geopolitics, and discourses. While the migration of people by boat is a long-standing phenomenon, journeys have become more frequent and precarious as states illegalise entry. As migration at sea becomes more common, it has gained attention from a range of actors, including enforcement authorities, political elites, media, and non/inter-governmental organizations. The sea has thus become a space of hope/desperation for migrants as well as conflict over territory and sovereignty, representing wider social debates in and beyond Australia, Canada, the European Union, and the United States. Current literature on migration by boat reflects these debates, primarily concentrating on the humanitarian and legal realities of migration by boat and border enforcement at sea , however, few studies have analysed their empirical relationship. This edited volume aims to fill this gap and thereby address three important, overlapping aspects of these debates: The first theme will explore data and methods on migration by boat, its discourse, and its enforcement, and in addition identifying appropriate research methodologies and sources to gather these data. The second theme will build upon the first by focusing on the relationship between data on migration by boat and governance and geopolitics of the "border". Building upon the two themes already outlined, the third theme will identify and analyse how elite discourses represent migration at sea.Trade ReviewThis book offers an original and interdisciplinary take on migration by considering people who move from one country to another via sea routes. The chapters in this edited collection provide rich empirical insights, comprehensive examinations of legal regimes, and analyses of representations of people who migrate by boat. This volume marks an important contribution to the understudied area of migration by sea. -- Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor of Sociology, University of California, MercedThis collection comes at a crucial moment, engaging directly with the rapidly transforming global geopolitics of migration. The critically informed case studies presented here provide important insight into the ways in which the governance of migration by boat is profoundly reshaping international legal regimes of rights – and how shifting discourses and practices of the governance of migration are creating ambiguous spaces of intervention and protection, where rescuers become criminals, and humanitarian logics can be used to justify the harshest forms of exclusion. -- Luiza Bialasiewicz, Professor of European Governance and Jean Monnet Chair of EU External Relations, University of AmsterdamTable of Contents1. Introduction: Challenging Migration Studies through Addressing Critical Gaps in Studying Migration by Boat / i. Introduction to Section One: Data and Methodology / 2. Methodological Approaches to Researching Boat Migration: Moving Vessels and Emotional Landscapes (Mountz) / 3. Review of and Research Proposal for Methodologies Studying Migrant Interdiction at Sea (Williams) / i. Introduction to Section Two: Geopolitics and Legal Regimes / 4. Italy and the Militarization of Euro-Mediterranean Border Control Policies (Campesi) / 5. Inclusion and Exclusion in the Fragmented Space of the Sea: Actors, Territories and Legal Regimes between Libya and Italy (Cuttitta) / 6. On Choppy Waters: the Shifting Borders of Protection in Europe (van Selm) / i. Introduction to Section Three: Discourses / 7. Deconstructing the Migration “Crisis” and Representations of Migration by Boat in the UK News Media (Burroughs) / 8. Media Discourses of the rescue and landing of migration by boat in the Italian News Media (Bruno and Binotto) / 9. Silencing Migration by Sea: Unveiling Technologies of Exclusion in Australian Maritime Borders (Dickson) / 10. Conclusion: Problems, Answers and Ways Forward in Studying Migration by Boat
£999.99
Liverpool University Press Transpositions: Migration, Translation, Music
Book SynopsisThis publication benefited from the support of the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts at the University of Notre Dame.This collective volume concentrates on the concept of transposition, exploring its potential as a lens through which to examine recent Francophone literary, cinematic, theatrical, musical, and artistic creations that reveal multilingual and multicultural realities. The chapters are composed by leading scholars in French and Francophone Studies who engage in interdisciplinary reflections on the ways transcontinental movement has influenced diverse genres. It begins with the premise that an attentiveness to migration has inspired writers, artists, filmmakers, playwrights and musicians to engage in new forms of translation in their work. Their own diverse backgrounds combine with their awareness of the itineraries of others to have an impact on the innovative languages that emerge in their creative production. These contemporary figures realize that migratory actualities must be transposed into different linguistic and cultural contexts in order to be legible and audible, in order to be perceptible—either for the reader, the listener, or the viewer. The novels, films, plays, works of art and musical pieces that exemplify such transpositions adopt inventive elements that push the limits of formal composition in French. This work is therefore often inspiring as it points in evocative ways toward fluid influences and a plurality of interactions that render impossible any static conception of being or belonging.Trade Review“This is an exciting and vibrant collection of essays on the French Trans-Mediterranean brought together around the concept of transposition. With its roots in Western musical practice, the transposition from one key to another or the rewriting of parts for instruments of a different pitch, the term is used here to consider relocation, migration, multilingual and transnational aspects of a great diversity of texts.” Claire LaunchburyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Tracing Transpositions, Transposing TracesAlison RiceMediterranean CrossingsMigration and Representation, from the Bildungsroman to the Testimonial GenreMadeleine DobieTransposé et pourtant juste: Transposition and Collaboration in New Francophone Migrant WritingKate AverisAccidental Form, Mediterranean Transpositions, and New Francophonies in Malika Mokeddem’s La DésiranteEdwige Tamalet TalbayevMultilingual Aesthetics and Poetics!!Abdelfattah Kilito: Writing Beyond Monolingualism and MultilingualismJane HiddlestonIntersignes du Maroc: Towards a Plural Cultural AestheticClaudia EspositoPerformance ArtsMinor Transpositions: Mohamed Rouabhi Stages the Colonial ClichéOlivia C. HarrisonIn Search of the Ghost Country: The Artistic and Literary Transpositions of ExileOlivier MorelScreen CulturesLessons in Adaptation: The Postcolonial Classroom in Entre les murs and L’EsquiveNicholas HarrisonCinematic Transpositions of the “Republic”?: Fatima and D’une pierre deux coupsVinay SwamyMusical Movements“Sound” Tracks and Sound Tracks: Clandestine Crossings, Film Aesthetics, Ethics, and PoliticsHakim AbderrezakBlack Transnationalism and Sketches of Mediterranean NoirEdwin HillTransposed Modes: Musical Mapping and Literary Lapping in Current Francophone Migratory TextsAlison Rice
£35.40
Liverpool University Press Violent Loyalties: Manliness, Migration, and the
Book SynopsisBeing an Irish man was a consistent, contentious issue in the Canadas. The aim of this book is to provide the first gendered examination of male Irish migration to Upper and Lower Canada within the broader contexts of negative stereotypes about Irish violence and Irishmen’s questionable loyalty to the British Empire. Through examinations of key violent episodes and (in)famous individuals, Violent Loyalties argues that being an Irishman in the Canadas meant daily negotiations with discrimination, ethnic rivalries, the pressure to become more ‘British’, and having to base one’s sense of manliness on being the most visible ‘other’ in the colonies. Irish Catholics faced the burden of being dual minorities – the ‘other’ religion within the Anglophone world and English-speaking in the Catholic sphere already established by French-Canadians. Irish Protestants also had difficulties adapting to their new communities, as the problematic association with violent Orangeism and rivalries with Scottish and English immigrants, many of whom were United Empire Loyalists, created obstacles in the quest for upward social mobility. Both Canadian and Irish historiographies are sorely lacking in examinations of masculinity compared with those investigating American, French, Australian, or British manliness. This gap in the literature becomes even more apparent outside of a twentieth-century focus. Violent Loyalties aims to fill these lacunae in the histories of colonial Canada and the Irish diaspora.Trade Review'A novel and significant contribution to studies of the Irish diaspora in Canada.'Dr William Jenkins, York University, Canada'[Violent Loyalties] is full of cracking stories. This narrative flair is intercut throughout with theoretical buttressing, where the ideas of Judith Butler, Joan Scott and others provide a framework for an innovative account of this period in Canadian history that is thoroughly engaged with transnational and empire perspectives.' Jim MacPherson, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies‘With a strong sense of scholarly analysis and yet a fluency and anecdotal vigour that will appeal to many readers, Violent Loyalties provides much-needed insight into White settler masculinities during a formational part of central Canada’s colonial past… [McGaughey’s] work in the archives has been masterful and wide-ranging; what she has done with this evidence is pioneering, with excellent work in reading across the grain for insights on gender… this is an excellent piece of scholarship and highly deserving of our consideration. I hope to see it adopted in academic curricula in both Irish and Gender History/Studies.’ Willeen Keough, Histoire sociale/Social HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Bodies of Men2. Wanted? Coming to the Canadas, 1798-18303. The Irish Hero4. Ogle Gowan and Orangeism in Upper Canada5. Shiners on the River6. Irish Patriotes7. Dismemberment at Windmill PointConclusion
£109.50
Liverpool University Press European Roma: Lives beyond Stereotypes
Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. This book, designed as a resource for scholars, educators, activists and non-specialist readers, presents the results of new research on the role of Romani groups in European culture and society since the nineteenth century. Its specific focus is on the ways in which Romani actors, in their interactions with non-Romanies, have contributed to shaping Europe’s public spaces. Twelve chapters recount the experiences and accomplishments of individuals and families, from across Europe (England, France, Spain, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Finland) and Canada. All based on new research, and maintaining a focus on the real lives and activities of Romani people rather than on the perspective of the majority societies, these studies exemplify the creative presence of Romani people in the fields of politics, economics and culture. We see them as writers, artists and performers, political activists and resistance fighters, traders and entrepreneurs, circus and cinema managers and purveyors of popular science. Sensitive to the ambivalent position from which Roma act, the cases are linked and contextualized by a general introduction and by section introductions written by leading scholars of Romani studies with expertise in history, ethnography, musicology, literary and discourse studies and visual culture. The volume is richly illustrated, including many images that have never been published before, and includes an extensive bibliography / guide to further reading. Contributors to the volume: Begoña Barrera, Beatriz Carrillo de los Reyes, Malte Gasche, Paweł Lechowski, Anna G. Piotrowska, Laurence Prempain, Juan Pro, Eve Rosenhaft, Carolina García Sanz, María Sierra, and Tamara West.Trade Review'This is an outstanding collection of studies which demonstrate that European Romani groups historically made significant contributions to our common past as artists and activists, traders and musicians, mobile entertainers in circuses or pioneers of travelling cinema. Without hiding the effects of stigma these people suffer or downplaying the tragic consequences of the genocidal regimes of the twentieth century, the authors show that Roma were far from being passive victims of the societies they are part of; they pursue and succeed to realize their own ambitions. Some of the fine biographies in this volume remind us that even from a disadvantaged social position Roma acted also as cultural agents for the broader society co-producing European history.' László Fosztó, ISPMN, Romanian Institute for Research on National MinoritiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsContributorsGeneral Introduction by Eve Rosenhaft and María Sierra Section One: PoliticsIntroduction: The Spaces of Politics: Roma Experiences of Citizenship by María SierraChapter 1 Helios Gómez: To be Roma in the Revolution by Juan ProChapter 2 The Long Road in Search of a Tzigane Language: Sandra Jayat by Begoña BarreraChapter 3 Ronald Lee: Discovering Romanestan between Canada and Europe by Carolina García SanzSection Two: Economic lifeIntroduction: Travelling and Trading – Romani Horse Dealers in the Making of Europe’s Economic Multiculture by Eve Rosenhaft and Tamara WestChapter 4 Intersecting Lives: The Brough Hill Fair as Biography-in-Pieces by Tamara WestChapter 5 “Invaders” – Mobility and Economy in the Lives of the Laubinger Family by Eve Rosenhaft and Tamara WestChapter 6 The Florians, the Habedanks and the Horse Fair at Wehlau by Eve Rosenhaft Section Three: MusicIntroduction: The Space for/of Romani Music by Anna G. PiotrowskaChapter 7 Romani Virtuosi – A Multifaceted Portrait by Anna G. Piotrowska Chapter 8 From the History of the Lăutari in Romania by Anna G. Piotrowska Chapter 9 The Story of Corroro, a Musical Genius from Kraków by Anna G. Piotrowska in collaboration with Paweł LechowskiSection Four: Circus People and ShowmenIntroduction: Romani Groups in the Public Space of the Circus and Other Showgrounds by Malte GascheChapter 10 Travelling Cinema: When Roma Put the World within One’s Grasp by Laurence PrempainChapter 11 From Where They Were: Resistance by Romani Circus People during the Second World War by Laurence PrempainChapter 12 Cowboys and Indians: Wild West Shows as Portals to Exotic Otherness and the Big, Wide World by Malte GascheAfterword by Beatriz CarrilloBibliographyIndex
£37.30
Emerald Publishing Limited Borders and Barriers
Book SynopsisIn Borders and Barriers, Agneta Moulettes engages critical management and postcolonial theories, questioning prevailing perspectives and scrutinizing policies promoting assimilation, immigrants' economic roles, and the dehumanization of minority groups.
£45.00
Liverpool University Press Exile and the Politics of Exclusion in the
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays brings together leading experts in the study of exile and expatriation, whose historical and comparative perspectives enable readers to understand the phenomenon of forced displacement in the Americas. Political exile, a major political practice throughout most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is still an under-researched topic. While ubiquitous and fascinating, with some notable and important exceptions, until recently it has been conceived as somewhat marginal for the development of these societies, instead being studied in the framework of traditional concepts and concerns in history and the social sciences. Following recent developments that highlight the centrality of diasporas and transnational studies, of transience and relocation, this book proposes that the study of exile should become a topic of central concern, closely related to basic theoretical problems and controversies on the structure of power, national representation and transnational displacement. The editors and contributors approach these issues through a nuanced reading of context and history. The work discusses the formative impact of exile in many of these societies at different times, while analysing how it evolved and changed its character throughout the centuries. The systematic studies brought together in this volume will likely generate new readings of history and the societies in the Americas and the Diasporas, moving away from the traditional understanding of national histories towards more regional, transnational and even continental dimensions.
£38.79
Liverpool University Press Southeast Asian Migration: People on the Move in
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia has long been a crossroad of cultural influence and transnational movement, but the massive migration of Southeast Asians throughout the world in recent decades is historically unprecedented. Dispersal, compelled by economic circumstance, political turmoil, and war, engenders personal, familial, and spiritual dislocation, and provokes a questioning of identity and belonging. This volume features original works by scholars from Asia, America, and Europe that highlight these trends and perspectives on Southeast Asian migration within and beyond the Asia-Pacific region. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach -- with contributions from sociology, political science, anthropology, and history -- and anchored in empirical case studies from various Southeast Asian countries, it extends the scope of inquiry beyond the economic concerns of migration, and beyond a single country source or destination, and disciplinary focus. Analytic focus is placed on the forces and factors that shape migration trajectories and migrant incorporation experiences in Asia and Europe; the impact of migration and immigration status on individuals, families, and institutions, on questions of equity, inclusion, and identity; and the triangulated relationships between diasporic communities, the sending and receiving countries. Of particular importance is the scholarly attention to lesser known populations and issues such as Vietnamese in Poland, children and the 1.5 generation immigrants, health and mental consequences of state sponsored violence and protracted encampment, ethnic media, and the challenges of both transnational parenting and family reunification. In examining the complex and creative negotiations that immigrants engage locally and transnationally in their daily lives, it foregrounds immigrant resilience in the strategies they adopt not only to survive but thrive in displacement.
£100.00
Liverpool University Press The Return of British-Born Cypriots to Cyprus:
Book SynopsisThe post-war decades of the 1950s to the 1970s saw a mass migration from Cyprus to the UK. More recent years, however, have witnessed a 'return' to Cyprus of the British-born children of Cypriot migrants in the UK. Drawing on multi-site fieldwork, and adopting a life narrative approach, this book offers a refreshing and contemporary account of the motives, experiences and life views of these second-generation British Cypriots, as they choose to build their lives in their parents' birth country: a Cyprus that has been dramatically altered by globalisation, mass tourism and immigration since the first generation of immigrants left for British shores. Unlike their parents, who moved from Cyprus to the UK mainly out of economic necessity, this new generation of migrants tends to view their relocation to Cyprus as a lifestyle choice. And while the first generation of Cypriot migrants in the UK generally worked and socialised within the bounds of the Cypriot community, the British-born 'return' migrants in Cyprus embrace a more international lifestyle, beyond primordial ethnic or national boundaries -- observations which challenge the hypothesis that second-generation return migration is based on an essential longing to go back to one's 'roots'. The author examines the complexities and ambivalences involved when exploring ideas of 'identity', 'return', 'home' and 'belonging' in the ancestral homeland -- demonstrating how boundaries of such notions are blurred, eroded and re-established by a new generation of migrants, reflecting their time, experiences, choices and ideologies. The book is essential reading for all those involved in Migration Studies and Cultural Anthropology.Trade ReviewA shining example of the very best of interdisciplinary migration studies scholarship. -- Russell King, Department of Geography, University of Sussex
£36.62
Liverpool University Press Arab Political Demography: Population Growth,
Book SynopsisThe Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new regime to replace it. Civil wars resulted, along lines of religious or ethnic division, as in Syria (Alawites against Sunnis), Iraq (Shi'is against Sunnis and Kurds against Arabs) and in Yemen (Shiis against Sunnis). Regional divisions accounted for the civil war in Libya. The other side of the "new Arab map" is the Arabian Gulf oil states which continue to function as before, both politically and socioeconomically. Chapter 1 places Arab countries in the global demographic picture. Chapter 2 examines the quantity of the demographic records of Arab countries. Chapter 3 deals with patterns of population growth of Arab countries. Chapter 4 analyses the emergence of employment pressure. Chapter 5 discusses intra-Arab labour migration. Chapter 6 analyses natalist policies. The Concluding Chapter examines the "demographic fingerprint" of the Arab Spring which not only was the "core" of the revolution, but also its main consequence in the form of drawing the new political map of the Arab region according to an ethno-religious composition.Trade ReviewFrom a review of the second edition: This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies. --Studies in Family Planning
£115.00
Liverpool University Press Arab Political Demography: Population Growth,
Book SynopsisThe Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new regime to replace it. Civil wars resulted, along lines of religious or ethnic division, as in Syria (Alawites against Sunnis), Iraq (Shi'is against Sunnis and Kurds against Arabs) and in Yemen (Shiis against Sunnis). Regional divisions accounted for the civil war in Libya. The other side of the "new Arab map" is the Arabian Gulf oil states which continue to function as before, both politically and socioeconomically. Chapter 1 places Arab countries in the global demographic picture. Chapter 2 examines the quantity of the demographic records of Arab countries. Chapter 3 deals with patterns of population growth of Arab countries. Chapter 4 analyses the emergence of employment pressure. Chapter 5 discusses intra-Arab labour migration. Chapter 6 analyses natalist policies. The Concluding Chapter examines the "demographic fingerprint" of the Arab Spring which not only was the "core" of the revolution, but also its main consequence in the form of drawing the new political map of the Arab region according to an ethno-religious composition.Trade ReviewFrom a review of the second edition: This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies. --Studies in Family Planning
£57.00
Liverpool University Press Coming of Age in Madrid: An Oral History of
Book SynopsisComing of Age in Madrid is a longitudinal study of twenty-seven Moroccan youth who migrated to Madrid as unaccompanied minors, passed their adolescence in the Spanish child-care system, and embarked on their lives as young adults; interviews were conducted over a period of six years in Spain and Morocco. The stories begin with narrators lives in Morocco, contextualizing their migratory experience, then follows them children traveling alone as they across the Strait of Gibraltar and make their way to Madrid; the study also engages with those who were deported, crossing the Strait once again as they were returned to Morocco. Using qualitative interviews to capture narrators accounts in their own words, this oral history examines their identity trans/formation, integration, and acculturation in Spain. Their individual voices and their collective wisdom contribute to an understanding of their experiences and by extension, that of unaccompanied child migrants everywhere, revealing larger lessons to be learned. Documenting their transition into adulthood, the book poses the crucial question, What becomes of unaccompanied migrant minors when they come of age? Unaccompanied minor migration is on the rise throughout the world, it is the new normal. As Spain and other nations grapple with increasing numbers of unaccompanied children on their borders, the importance of this study has immediate relevance for government policies and migration research. The history of unaccompanied Moroccan minors coming of age in Madrid contributes to the broader geographical discussion by responding to calls for contextualized, micro-scale, local research and the foregrounding and centralizing of the young migrants themselves.
£100.00
Unisa Press The strangers of New Bell: Immigration, public
Book SynopsisConfusion, struggle, commotion and absurdity: these characterise the urban encounter between the African immigrant community and colonial officials in Douala, Cameroon. Even the physical landscape reflects a painfully enduring history of marginalisation, of exclusion from power and privilege. This book studies a community of African immigrants - or 'strangers' - designated to quarters in New Bell, Douala, in Cameroon, during the colonial era. New Bell was created in 1914 as part of an extensive urbanisation and relocation plan intended to reserve the Douala city centre for Europeans. New Bell housed thousands of migrants converging on Douala from Cameroon and the entire west coast of Africa. Though never completely evading colonial economic and political agendas, this vastly diverse and sometimes strife-ridden community forged alliances, solidarities, and common experiences in response to their immediate needs and long-terms goals. The author opens up an alternative historical interpretation, moving from earlier views which over-emphasise the increasing conflict and tribalisation of the colonial era. Schler focuses instead on the ability of Africans to bridge differences in culture and experience and live as neighbours in cultural and political spaces transcending postcolonial political boundaries.Table of ContentsThe strangers of New Bell: An overview; Membership fees: Money, consumption and immigrant participation in urban public spaces; Crime and community; Sharing a drink: Alcohol and urban popular culture; Nationalism and ethnicity in the struggle against marginalization: The final years of the colonial era.
£23.70
University of Nevada Press Basque Immigrants and Nevada's Sheep Industry:
Book SynopsisBasque Immigrants and Nevada's Sheep Industry is a rich and complex exploration of the history of Basque immigration to the rangelands of Nevada and the interior West. It looks critically at the Basque sheepherders in the American West and more broadly at the modern history of American foreign relations with Spain after the Second World War.Between the 1880s and the 1950s, the western open-range sheep industry was the original economic attraction for Basque immigrants. This engaging study tracks the development of the Basque presence in the American West, providing deep detail about the sheepherders' history, native and local culture, the challenges they faced, and the changing conditions under which the Basques lived and worked. Saitua also shows how Basque immigrant sheepherders went from being a marginalized labor group to a desirable, high-priced workforce in response to the constant demand for their labor power.As the twentieth century progressed, the geopolitical tide in America began to change. In 1924, the Restrictive Immigration Act resulted in a truncated labor supply from the Basque Country in Spain. During the Great Depression and the Second World War, the labor shortage became acute. In response, Senator Patrick McCarran from Nevada lobbied on behalf of his wool-growing constituency to open immigration doors for Basques, the most desirable laborers for tending sheep in remote places. Subsequently, Cold War international tensions offered opportunities for a reconciliation between the United States and Francisco Franco, despite Spain's previous sympathy with the Axis powers.This fresh portrayal shows how Basque immigrants became the backbone of the sheep industry in Nevada. It also contributes to a wider understanding of the significance of Basque immigration by exploring the role of Basque agricultural labor in the United States, the economic interests of Western ranchers, and McCarran's diplomacy as catalysts that eventually helped bring Spain into the orbit of western democracies.Trade Review"This is a story that is simultaneously transnational and intensely local. Historians of the American West are deeply indebted to this fine young historian."— Steven M. Avella, professor of history, Marquette University, Milwaukee"Iker Saiatua provides a fresh perspective on the story of Basque migration to the American West. His painstaking research uncovers new source material and applies current race and labor historiography, while personal anecdotes tie it all together." — John Bieter, author of An Enduring Legacy: The Story of Basques in IdahoTable of Contents Note for Users ix Introduction: The Basque Frontier of the American West 1 Part I: After the Sheep Rush 1. The Promises of the Silver State: The Development of the Sheep Industry in Nevada, 1850–1900 29 2. Becoming Herders: Basque Immigration, Labor, and Settlement in Nevada, 1880–1910 54 Part II: The Struggle for Legitimacy 3. Encroaching Upon Forbidden Ground: Basque Immigrant Sheepherders and the Creation of National Forests in Nevada 83 4. “Desirable Immigrants”: Socio-Economic Ambivalence and Basque Labor in Nevada’s Sheep Industry, 1910–1939 111 Part III: The Making of a Good Sheepherder 5. “Grasping at a Straw”: The Basque Labor Shortage in the Nevada and Western Sheep Industry during the Second World War 151 6. The Indispensable Basque Sheepherder: Senator Patrick McCarran and the Sheep Lobby, the Exclusion of Mexicans, and the Recruitment of Basque Immigrants in the Western Sheep Industry during WWII 179 7. The Basque Immigrant Sheepherder Question and U.S.-Spanish Relations during the early Cold War, 1945–1954 215 Acknowledgments 265 Bibliography 267 About the Author 287 Index 289
£36.71
Springer International Publishing AG Migration Diversity and Social Cohesion:
Book SynopsisThis open access book shows policymakers which initiatives work when responding to the increasing diversity in cities, towns and neighborhood's. In recent times, policymakers have grappled with ways of responding to this increase, which has resulted in a plethora of policy initiatives, some more effective than others. Bringing together a large amount of research and evidence-based policy recommendations, this book offers both a sense of strategic direction as well as more specific, actionable advice. It brings together a remarkable mixture of policy areas that touch upon issues of diversity, immigration policy, education, and labour policy. It is of benefit and importance to all those making policies for a country with increasing immigration. Table of ContentsIntroduction: New migration patterns require a reassessment of policies.- Chapter 2: The Netherlands as a society of immigration.- Chapter 3: Societal challenges.- Chapter 4: Changing policy models.- Chapter 5: A better organisation of reception and integration in municipalities.- Chapter 6: Strengthening the social cohesion.- Chapter 7: Towards migration policy with an eye for social cohesion.- Chapter 8: Reassessing the policy agenda.
£999.99
Springer Cities of Migration
Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. Conceptualizing the Plurality of Urban Diversities.- 3. Mapping the Diversity of Urban Diversities.- 4. Cities Cluster I: High Diversity and Low Segregation.- 5. Cities Cluster II: High Diversity And High Segregation.- 6. Cities Cluster III: Low Diversity and High Segregation.- 7. Cities Cluster IV: Low Diversity and Low Segregation.- 8. Towards a Typology of Urban Diversities.- 9. Conclusions.- References.
£42.74
De Gruyter Nationalism in a Transnational Age: Irrational
Book SynopsisNationalism was declared to be dead too early. A postnational age was announced, and liberalism claimed to have been victorious by the end of the Cold War. At the same time postnational order was proclaimed in which transnational alliances like the European Union were supposed to become more important in international relations. But we witnessed the rise a strong nationalism during the early 21st century instead, and right wing parties are able to gain more and more votes in elections that are often characterized by nationalist agendas. This volume shows how nationalist dreams and fears alike determine politics in an age that was supposed to witness a rather peaceful coexistence by those who consider transnational ideas more valuable than national demands. It will deal with different case studies to show why and how nationalism made its way back to the common consciousness and which elements stimulated the re-establishment of the aggressive nation state. The volume will therefore look at the continuities of empire, actual and imagined, the role of "foreign-" and "otherness" for nationalist narratives, and try to explain how globalization stimulated the rise of 21st century nationalisms as well.
£999.99
de Gruyter Exchanging Peoples
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de Gruyter Griechen Im Heiligen Römischen Reich
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Verlag Herder Migration in Der Antike
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£19.80
United Nations Becoming a party to the International Convention
Book SynopsisThis practical guide aims to promote the universal ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and to assist States as they move towards becoming parties to the Convention. Its objective is to provide answers to questions commonly raised by States when considering this commitment. Its purpose is also to offer practical guidance to States regarding the process of becoming a party to the Convention and what that entails
£17.95
United Nations World population policies 2021: policies related
Book SynopsisThe 2021 edition of the World Population Policies provides a brief overview of global fertility levels and trends since the early 1960s and explores government's views and policies related to fertility. The analysis of views and policies draws on data gathered through 2019 and available in the World Population Policies Database (box 1), reflecting the situation before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The report then presents five case studies of countries from different regions and with a range of fertility levels, exploring in more detail the origin and evolution of national fertility policies. The case studies are followed by an assessment of known or potential direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility patterns and trends. The report concludes with an exploration of policy options that governments may wish to consider in the current context
£26.96
PHI Learning World migration report 2022
Book SynopsisThe World Migration Report 2022, the eleventh in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration and mobility throughout the world. This new edition presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration issues, and is structured to focus on two key contributions for readers: Part I: key information on migration and migrants (including migration-related statistics); and Part II: balanced, evidence-based analysis of complex and emerging migration issues
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World Scientific Publishing Company World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration in
Book SynopsisAs globalization and the flow of labor across the world accelerated during the latter part of the 20th century, the presence of foreign-born workers in a country's labor market became one of the most prominent and controversial features of modern economies. Countries that facilitated the arrival of foreign-born individuals often benefited from the increase in labor supply. An important channel for the benefits is through lower prices for consumer goods and services in the host country. This is not surprising because immigration is just another form of international trade, which often leads to cost savings and more diversity in the market. The immigrants themselves have also gained from international migration as it provides an opportunity to improve one's standard of living, pass remittances to family in the country of origin, and find new opportunities for general human flourishing in newly adopted surroundings.Despite the myriad benefits that can result from the free movement of labor around the world, there is still deep concern and political debate about immigration's aftermath. The main economic concern, apart from social concerns such as social cohesion, centers on whether international migrants adversely impact labor market opportunities of natives.The labor market prospects for foreign-born individuals, both in an absolute sense and in comparison to natives, are also very different across continents, as well as between countries that are in close proximity to one another. This variation could be driven by differences in the flexibility and structure of the host country's labor market or differences in the characteristics of the immigrants themselves. Examining the relative importance of these and other possible factors is another main theme in the study of immigration and the labor market. It is also addressed in the research presented in this Handbook.
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