IMISCOE Dissertations
The Creolisation of London Kinship: Mixed African-Caribbean and White British Extended Families, 1950-2003
1st Edition
By Elaine Bauer
October 28, 2010
In the last 50 years, the United Kingdom has witnessed a growing proportion of mixed African-Caribbean and white British families. With rich new primary evidence of ‘mixed-race’ in the capital city, The Creolisation of London Kinship thoughtfully explores this population. Making an indelible ...
Born Entrepreneurs?: Immigrant Self-Employment in Spain
1st Edition
By Nahikari Irastorza
September 14, 2010
Are immigrants more enterprising than natives in Spain? How successful are migrant entrepreneurs compared to those who start businesses in their country of birth? With the growth of migration worldwide, questions such as these are garnering the attention of economists, policymakers and scholars. ...
Understanding Processes of Ethnic Concentration and Dispersal: South Asian Residential Preferences in Glasgow
1st Edition
By Jennifer McGarrigle
December 23, 2009
Questions surrounding 'race' as a spatial divider have come to the forefront of the political agenda, compelling us to revisit the debate on residential segregation. Drawing on the spatial analysis of changing dynamics in the ethnic geography of Greater Glasgow and qualitative research on the ...
Illegal Residence and Public Safety in the Netherlands
1st Edition
By Arjen Leerkes
October 20, 2009
Making illegal residence unattractive is a way for Western governments to limit migration from non-Western countries. Focusing on Dutch neighbourhoods with substantial levels of unauthorised migrants, Illegal Residence and Public Safety in the Netherlands examines how restrictive immigration policy...
'My Name Is Not Natasha': How Albanian Women in France Use Trafficking to Overcome Social Exclusion (1998-2001)
1st Edition
By John Davies
May 22, 2009
This book challenges every common presumption that exists about the trafficking of women for the sex trade. It is a detailed account of an entire population of trafficked Albanian women whose varied experiences, including selling sex on the streets of France, clearly demonstrate how much the ...
Sri Lankan Housemaids in Lebanon: A Case of 'Symbolic Violence' and 'Everyday Forms of Resistance'
1st Edition
By Nayla Mourkarbel
January 01, 2009
Unraveled in this book are the real dynamics at stake in the Madame/housemaid relationship. While cases of extreme physical abuse by the Lebanese women who hire housemaids – Madames – are an exception, what has become normalised are more insidious patterns of domination used to control each and ...
Getting by in Europe's Urban Labour Markets: Senegambian Migrants' Strategies for Survival, Documentation and Mobility
1st Edition
By Inge Van Nieuwenhuyze
December 16, 2008
This book examines two major social changes experienced by European cities in the last two decades: post-industrial economic restructuring and new immigration flows. The link between both has been extensively discussed throughout a variety of theoretical approaches and in numerous descriptive ...
Practising Citizenship and Heterogeneous Nationhood: Naturalisations in Swiss Municipalities
1st Edition
By Marc Helbling
July 29, 2008
Switzerland likely has the most particular naturalization system in the world. Whereas in most countries citizenship attribution is regulated at the central level of the state, in Switzerland each municipality is accorded the right to decide who can become a Swiss citizen. This book aims at ...
Paradoxes of Social Capital: A Multi-Generational Study of Moroccans in London
1st Edition
By Myriam Cherti
July 01, 2008
Paradoxes of Social Capital critically examines the robustness of social capital theory as an analytical tool in explaining the various 'integration' patterns amongst Moroccans in London. The book also considers how structural factors impact on the ways in which Moroccans, across generations, ...
Navigating Borders: Inside Perspectives on the Process of Human Smuggling into the Netherlands
1st Edition
By Ilse van Liempt
January 12, 2007
Navigating Borders into the Netherlands provides a unique in-depth look at human smuggling processes. Based on biographical interviews with smuggled migrants in the Netherlands, the study reveals considerable differences that exist in smuggling's underlying causes, how journeys evolve, and outcomes...
Narratives of Place, Culture and Identity: Second-Generation Greek-Americans Return 'Home'
1st Edition
By Anastasia Christou
November 28, 2006
Christou explores the phenomenon of ‘return migration’ in Greece through the settlement and identification processes of second-generation Greek-American returning migrants. She examines the meanings attached to the experience of return migration. The concepts of ‘home’ and ‘belonging’ figure ...
Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greece: Processes of Social Incorporation of Balkan Immigrants in Thessaloniki
1st Edition
By Panos Hatziprokopiou
August 29, 2006
This empirical study examines issues surrounding the integration of immigrants in Greece, in particular in Thessaloniki, as well as looking at migrants in neighbouring countries, Albania and Bulgaria. The book suggests that immigrants’ integration should be understood in relation to broader ...