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List of contents
1. Migration: Policies, Practices, Activism Martin Bulmer, University of Surrey, UK, and John Solomos, City University London, UK 2. Migration and development: reconciling opposite views Alejandro Portes, Princeton University, USA 3. Asylum policy and asylum experiences: interactions in a Scottish context Alison Bowes, University of Stirling, UK, Iain Ferguson, University of Stirling, UK, and Duncan Sim, University of Paisley, UK 4. When contact with immigrants matters: threat, inter-ethnic attitudes and foreigner exclusionism in Spain's Comunidades Autónomas Xavier Escandell, University of Northern Iowa, USA, and Alin M. Ceobanu, University of Florida, USA 5. Global migration and South Korea: foreign workers, foreign brides and the making of a multicultural society Andrew Eungi Kim, Korea University, Korea 6. Sub-Saharan African immigrant activists in Europe: transcultural capital and transcultural community building Anna Triandafyllidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece 7. Italophilia meets Albanophobia: paradoxes of asymmetric assimilation and identity processes among Albanian immigrants in Italy Russell King, University of Sussex, UK, and Nicola Mai, London Metropolitan University, UK 8. Immigrant integration: comparative evidence from the United States and Germany Hermann Kurthen, Grand Valley State University, USA, and Barbara Schmitter Heisler, Gettysburg College, USA 9. Diversity – a new mode of incorporation? Thomas Faist, Bielefeld University, Germany
About the author
Martin Bulmer is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK. He retired in 2008, prior to which he was also Director of the ESRC Question Bank. He has edited the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies since 1993.
John Solomos is Professor of Sociology at City University London, UK. He has carried out extensive research on race, politics and social change and on theories of race and ethnicity. He is co-editor of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Summary
This book brings together a range of scholarly research papers to examine the place of international migration in the modern world. It was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
