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.
Re-thinking Assimilation and Integration: Essays in Honour of Richard Alba
1st Edition
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By Paul Statham, Nancy Foner
August 01, 2024
How does immigration transform societies and relations between ethnic and racial groups? This volume brings together scholars working at the cutting-edge of theory and empirical research on integration and assimilation in the US and Europe. It is dedicated to the life and works of Richard Alba, who...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
The Global Economic Crisis and Migration
1st Edition
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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? ...
Muslims in Europe: Comparative perspectives on socio-cultural integration
1st Edition
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By Paul Statham, Jean Tillie
March 22, 2019
Atrocities by terrorists acting in the name of the ‘Islamic State’ are occurring with increasing regularity across Western Europe. Often the perpetrators are ‘home grown’, which places the relationship between Muslims and the countries in which they live under intense political and media scrutiny, ...
Deportation, Anxiety, Justice: New ethnographic perspectives
1st Edition
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By Heike Drotbohm, Ines Hasselberg
October 18, 2018
This book provides new ethnographic perspectives on the intersections between deportation, anxiety, and justice. As an instrument for controlling international migration, deportation policies may be justified by public authorities as measures responding to anxieties over (unregulated) migration. At...
Migrants, Minorities, and the Media: Information, representations, and participation in the public sphere
1st Edition
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By Erik Bleich, Irene Bloemraad, Els de Graauw
October 18, 2018
The media inform the public, help political and social actors communicate with each other, influence perceptions of pressing issues, depict topics and people in particular ways, and may shape political views and participation. Given these critical functions that the media play in society, this book...
International Organisations and the Politics of Migration
1st Edition
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By Martin Geiger, Antoine Pécoud
November 10, 2016
Over the last two decades, international migration has become a global issue. It is perceived as an ongoing challenge for governments, as well as an issue that is deeply related to other international challenges, such as development, climate change, security and public health. In this context, ...