Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series
About the Book Series
The Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations series has been at the forefront of research in its field for over ten years. The series has built an international reputation for cutting edge theoretical work, for comparative research, particularly on Europe, and for nationally-based studies with broader relevance to international issues. Published in association with the European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), Utrecht University, it draws contributions from the best international scholars in the field, offering an interdisciplinary perspective on some of the key issues facing the contemporary world.
Reframing Immigrant Resistance: Alliances, Conflicts, and Racialization in Italy
1st Edition
By Teresa Cappiali
September 25, 2023
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This book focuses on the political participation and grassroots mobilization of immigrants and racialized ...
Family Migration and the Path to an Occupation: The (Early) Experiences of Skilled Taiwanese and Chinese ‘Wives’
1st Edition
By Chieh Hsu
February 01, 2022
This book sheds light on the invisible early post-arrival period of female family migrants, traditionally considered to be low skilled or professionally quiescent. With attention to the experiences of Chinese and Taiwanese women married to German men, it examines the ways in which the private ...
Intra-State Immigrants as Sub-State Nationalists: Lived Experiences in the Basque Country
1st Edition
By Nick Hutcheon
April 01, 2021
This book explores the attitudes, opinions and life experiences of first and second generation intra-state immigrants who are convinced and committed Basque nationalists. Based on in-depth interviews with activists, it challenges many of the assumptions often made about Basque nationalism as an ...
The Construction of European Identity among Ethnic Minorities: ‘Euro-Minorities’ in Generational Perspective
1st Edition
By Natalia Waechter
March 31, 2021
This book is concerned with European identities among ethnic minorities who live along the eastern border of the European Union. Based on findings from quantitative and qualitative empirical research conducted with minority groups in eight nation-states on both sides of the new eastern border of ...
Arguing and Justifying: Assessing the Convention Refugees' Choice of Moment, Motive and Host Country
1st Edition
By Robert F. Barsky
June 30, 2020
This is the first book of its kind to address the crucial issue of why people choose to make Convention refugee claims. It represents a substantial and original contribution primarily to the field of refugee studies but also applicable for a broader readership of political science, international ...
Citizenship in European Cities: Immigrants, Local Politics and Integration Policies
1st Edition
Edited
By Rinus Penninx, Karen Kraal, Steven Vertovec
June 30, 2020
There are relatively few books that provide comparative analysis of European cities in relation to immigrants and political participation. This fresh and insightful volume, from the same team that published Multicultural Policies and Modes of Citizenship in European Cities in 2001, analyzes how the...
East to West Migration: Russian Migrants in Western Europe
1st Edition
By Helen Kopnina
June 30, 2020
The collapse of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe brought widespread fear of a 'tidal wave' of immigrants from the East into Western Europe. Quite apart from the social and political importance, East-West migration also poses a challenge to established theories of migration, as in most cases ...
Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion: Immigration, Ethnic Fractionalization and Potentials for Civic Action
1st Edition
By Merlin Schaeffer
June 30, 2020
Exploring the debate within social sciences on the consequences of ethnic diversity for social cohesion and the production of public goods, this book draws on extensive survey data from Germany to engage with questions surrounding the relationship between ethnic diversity and issues such as welfare...
Ethnic Groups and Boundaries Today: A Legacy of Fifty Years
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Marek Jakoubek
June 30, 2020
The publication of Fredrik Barth’s Ethnic Groups and Boundaries marked a milestone in the conceptualization of ethnicity and ethnic groups and opened a new field of enquiry in the social scientific study of ethnicity.Ethnic Groups and Boundaries Today: A Legacy of Fifty Years demonstrates the ...
Ethnicity and Nationalism in Italian Politics: Inventing the Padania: Lega Nord and the Northern Question
1st Edition
By Margarita Gómez-Reino Cachafeiro
June 30, 2020
Employing primary sources and interviews with protagonists of the rebellion of the Italian North, this book explores the invention of the Padanian nation and the construction of identity politics in Northern Italy. It reveals for the first time the connection between the ethnic wave in European ...
European Encounters: Migrants, Migration and European Societies Since 1945
1st Edition
By Rainer Ohliger, Karen Schönwälder
June 30, 2020
This book reminds us of Europe's multi-faceted history of expulsions, flight, and labour migration and the extent to which European history since 1945 is a history of migration. While immigration and ethnic plurality have often been divisive issues, encounters between Europeans and newcomers have ...
European Nations and Nationalism: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
1st Edition
By Louk Hagendoorn, György Csepeli, Russell Farnen
June 30, 2020
This rich source book informs its reader in a comparative perspective about the political and social-economic past and present of fifteen Western, Central and Eastern European countries. This includes the economic and social aspects of the development of the nation state, descriptions of the ...