Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies
About the Book Series
Ethnic and Migration Studies will publish the results of first-class research on all forms of migration and its consequences, covering diverse topics such as ethnic conflict, discrimination, racism, nationalism, citizenship and policies of integration. This series will focus particularly on comparative research, assessing the consequences of migration in a variety of European countries, or comparing the impact of migration in one or more European countries and the countries of North America and the Asia-Pacific.
New Theoretical Dialogues on Migration in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Hong Zhu, Junxi Qian
August 26, 2024
This edited book emerges from the observation that the current literatures on migration in China are constrained by a series of shortfalls, including a relative topical homogeneity centred on domestic labour migration; relatively narrowly conceived and institutionalist conceptions of migration and ...
Children of the Crisis: Ethnographic Perspectives on Unaccompanied Refugee Youth In and en Route to Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Annika Lems, Kathrin Oester, Sabine Strasser
September 25, 2023
Every year, thousands of young people on the run from war and persecution, or escaping poverty and chronic instability, make their way to Europe without their parents. Embarking on long and often dangerous journeys, they have either become separated from their families on the way or set out on ...
Diaspora Governance and Transnational Entrepreneurship: The Rise of an Emerging Global Social Pattern in Migration Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Shahamak Rezaei
September 25, 2023
A burgeoning literature is currently exploring the rise of a new migratory profile: migrants engaged in Transnational Entrepreneurship, referring to immigrants who are engaged in cross-border business involving their country of origin and destination, both perceived as lands of opportunity.Until ...
Migration and Marriage in Asian Contexts
1st Edition
Edited
By Zheng Mu, Wei-Jun Jean Yeung
September 25, 2023
This book analyses how Asian migrants adapt and assimilate into their host societies, and how this assimilation differs across their sociodemographic backgrounds, ethnic profiles, and political contexts. The diversities in Asian migrants’ assimilation trajectories challenge the assumption that ...
Thai-Western Mobilities and Migration: Intimacy within Cross-Border Connections
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Statham, Sarah Scuzzarello, Sirijit Sunanta, Alexander Trupp
September 25, 2023
The chapters in this volume study transnational social relationships and cross-border connections between ‘ordinary’ people that arise from the increasingly large-scale mobilities and migrations between Thailand and ‘the West’. While Thai and Western people’s social relationships are usually ...
The Microfoundations of Diaspora Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Alexandra Délano Alonso, Harris Mylonas
September 25, 2023
The Microfoundations of Diaspora Politics examines the various actors within and beyond the state that participate in the design and implementation of diaspora policies, as well as the mechanisms through which diasporas are constructed by governments, political parties, diaspora entrepreneurs, or ...
Undocumented and Unaccompanied: Children of Migration in the European Union and the United States
1st Edition
Edited
By Cecilia Menjívar, Krista Perreira
September 25, 2023
This book focuses on the migration of undocumented minors arriving recently to the United States and the European Union, flows that are often labeled ‘undocumented’, ‘illegal’, or ‘irregular’ and due to their sudden increase, they have been described in the media, policy circles, and scholarly work...
Aspiration, Desire and the Drivers of Migration
1st Edition
Edited
By Francis L. Collins, Jørgen Carling
June 30, 2021
This book throws new light on the drivers of migration and explores the different ways in which aspiration and desire are involved in the generation, experiences, and outcomes of migration. The authors propose novel approaches to advancing collective understanding of migration, including ...
Ageing as a Migrant: Vulnerabilities, Agency and Policy Implications
1st Edition
Edited
By Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu, Tineke Fokkema, Mihaela Nedelcu
September 30, 2020
Motivated by the steady increase in the population of older migrants worldwide, this book acknowledges the diversity within this population group and provides an interdisciplinary and multi-level approach for studying older migrants’ strategies to overcome vulnerability.The book brings together ...
Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglosphere
1st Edition
Edited
By Megan Watkins, Christina Ho, Rose Butler
September 30, 2020
Asian migration and mobilities are transforming education cultures in the Anglosphere, prompting mounting debates about ‘tiger mothers’ and ‘dragon children’, and competition and segregation in Anglosphere schools. This book challenges the cultural essentialism which prevails in much academic and ...
Exploring the Migration Industries: New Perspectives on Facilitating and Constraining Migration
1st Edition
Edited
By Sophie Cranston, Joris Schapendonk, Ernst Spaan
September 30, 2020
This book concentrates on the role of commercialized intermediary actors in migration. It seeks to understand how these actors shape migration and mobility patterns through the services they offer.In addressing the role that migration industries play in migration, the book uses diverse examples ...
The Global Economic Crisis and Migration
1st Edition
Edited
By Christof Roos, Natascha Zaun
May 14, 2019
Offering an in-depth analysis of the impact of the economic crisis (2008–2012) on immigration movements and policies in the U.S. and Europe, the analysis in this book is guided by two key questions: What is the scope of change?; and did the crisis motivate this change or did other factors do so? ...