Emigration category: 2215 books
Rescue
Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
We are in the midst of a global refugee crisis. Sixty five million people are fleeing for their lives. The choices are urgent, not just for them but for all of us. What can we possibly do to help?
With compassion and clarity, David Miliband shows why we should care and how we can make a difference....
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Scholarship on immigration to America is a coin with two sides: it asks both how America changed immigrants, and how they changed America. Were the immigrants uprooted from their ancestral homes, leaving everything behind, or were they transplanted, bringing many aspects of their culture with them?...
Migration and its Enemies
Global Capital, Migrant Labour and the Nation-State
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Can politicians effectively control national borders even if they wish to do so? How do politically powerless migrants relate to more privileged migrants and to national citizens? Is it possible for capital to move to labour rather than vice versa? In this book Robin Cohen shows how the preferences,...
Consuming Mexican Labor
From the Bracero Program to NAFTA
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Mexican migration to the United States and Canada is a highly contentious issue in the eyes of many North Americans, and every generation seems to construct the northward flow of labor as a brand new social problem. The history of Mexican labor migration to the United States, from the Bracero Program...
by Virginia L. DuRivage
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
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.
German Domestic and Foreign Policy
Political Issues Under Debate - Vol. 2
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
This volume analyses current German domestic and foreign policy debates of international relevance. By reflecting their contemporary historical background and discussing the logic behind the different positions in a dispute, the author considers issues such as whether Muslim women should be allowed...
Migrant Workers in Asia
Distant Divides, Intimate Connections
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book provides rich and provocative comparative studies of South and Southeast Asian domestic workers who migrate to other parts of Asia. These studies range from Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore, to Yemen, Israel, Jordan, and the UAE. Conceptually and methodologically, this book challenges us...
Financing Illegal Migration
Chinese Underground Banks and Human Smuggling in New York City
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This unique study explores the relationship between informal financial systems, illegal migration and human smuggling. Focusing on Chinese illegal immigrants working in the US, it examines the motivation and patterns of the use of illegal fund transfer systems, providing a revealing insight into the workings of Chinese underground banks.
Getting Out
Your Guide to Leaving America (Updated and Expanded Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
One of the most popular titles in Process' Self-Reliance series, Getting Out is a smartly designed and easy-to-navigate compendium about your best options for a new homeland, and how to navigate a myriad of hurdles before and after you get there. Here are the rules, resources, and experiences of...
by Alex Nowrasteh, Mark Krikorian
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Open Immigration: Yea by Alex Nowrasteh
Extensive immigration restrictions are an attempt by the U.S. government to centrally manage the demographics, labor market, and culture of the United States instead of letting those facets of our society develop naturally as they have throughout most...
Exceptional People
How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Throughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to migrate...
Global Crossings
Immigration, Civilization, and America
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
The recent reawakening of the debate about migration in the new millennium has evoked intense emotion, particularly in the United States and Europe, and Global Crossings cuts through the jungle of myth, falsehood, and misrepresentation that dominates the debate, clarifying the causes and consequences...
Global Migration
Patterns, processes, and politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Global Migration provides a clear, concise, and well-organized discussion of historical patterns and contemporary trends of migration, while guiding the readers through an often difficult and politicised topic. Aimed primarily at undergraduate and Master’s students, the text encourages the readers...
Refugee Protection and the Role of Law
Conflicting Identities
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Sixty years on from the signing of the Refugee Convention, forced migration and refugee movements continue to raise global concerns for hosting states and regions, for countries of origin, for humanitarian organisations on the ground, and, of course, for the refugee. This edited volume is framed around...