Migration & Diaspora

Gendering Migration demonstrates the significance of studying migration through the lens of gender and ethnicity and the contribution this perspective makes to migration histories. Considering the impact of migration on masculine and feminine identities, it extends our understanding of questions of ..

Gendering Migration demonstrates the significance of studying migration through the lens of gender and ethnicity and the contribution this perspective makes to migration histories. Considering the impact of migration on masculine and feminine identities, it extends our understanding of questions of ..

A rich, comparative and grounded examination of modern theories of globalization, this book introduces an innovative perspective that highlights the significance of microglobalization in understanding quotidian lives in a context of ever expanding transnational exchanges and connectivities. As such,..

Presenting a ground-breaking study of the emerging phenomenon of location-independence, this book examines the way in which the practices of ’global nomads’ question many of the unwritten norms and ideals that characterise settled life in societies. With the lifestyles of global nomads blurring the ..

Showcasing an original, interdisciplinary approach, this text examines the effect of migration on the domestic politics of individual states and how they are eroding the distinctions between the domestic and foreign policy, the ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ components of politics and law...

This title was first published in 2003. Describes the new wave of migration from China in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The books shows how local migrant flows within China spilled over in the 1990s onto the global scene, bringing legal and illegal Chinese settlers to the countries of E..

It has been half a century since the Geneva Refugee Convention came into place, but there is still no comparable international regime which provides for the increasing phenomenon of mobile economic migrants. This volume brings together an international team of authors to examine the prospects for im..

Using an interdisciplinary and transhistorical framework this book examines the cultural, material, and symbolic articulations of Irish migration relationships from the medieval period through to the contemporary post-Celtic Tiger era. With attention to people’s different uses of social space, relat..

While much attention has been focused on the rise of the modern Chinese nation, little or none has been directed at the emergence of "citizenry". This book examines thinkers from the period 1890-1920 in modern China, and shows how China might forge a modern society with a political citizenry...

Taking a global and comparative perspective, this book addresses three important aspects of immigrant adaptation in multiethnic contexts: immigrant and racial/ethnic residential patterns, inter-group relations, and immigrant adaptation process, examing the topic at the city ecological level, inter-g..

In this work Wendy Pojmann provides a detailed historical account of the relationship and impact of immigrant women to Italy and Italian feminism over the past thirty years. Broader comparisons on European migration are made to contextualize immigration to Italy and Southern Europe more generally...

Indian Transnationalism Online investigates the online organization of, and exchanges within the global Indian diaspora. Bringing together research from around the world and presenting studies drawn from the US, Europe and India, it engages with theoretical and methodological debates concerning the ..