Emigration Immigration category: 2215 books
Unsettled Americans
Metropolitan Context and Civic Leadership for Immigrant Integration
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
The politics of immigration have heated up in recent years as Congress has failed to adopt comprehensive immigration reform, the President has proposed executive actions, and state and local governments have responded unevenly and ambivalently to burgeoning immigrant communities in the context of...
In Lady Liberty's Shadow
The Politics of Race and Immigration in New Jersey
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Home to Ellis Island, New Jersey has been the first stop for many immigrant groups for well over a century. Yet in this highly diverse state, some of the most anti-immigrant policies in the nation are being tested. American suburbs are home to increasing numbers of first and second-generation immigrants...
African Immigrant Traders in Inner City Johannesburg
Deconstructing the Threatening ‘Other’
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
This book contests the negative portrayal of African immigrants as people who are not valuable members of South African society. They are often perceived as a threat to South Africa and its patrimony, accused of committing crime, taking jobs and competing for resources with South African citizens....
Living Beyond the Borders
Essays on Global Immigrants and Refugees
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Cross-border migration has resulted in many social, cultural, economic, and political challenges that need attention. Globalization, migration, and transnationalism have a strong impact on the lives of diasporic immigrants and refugees. Transnationalism and diaspora, which result from globalization...
by Bas Schotel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Harvard Law Review
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
The Harvard Law Review is offered in a digital edition, featuring active Contents, linked notes, and proper ebook formatting. The contents of Issue 6 include scholarly articles and student case notes, as well as as the extensive, annual survey of emerging Developments in the Law. This year’s subject...
Raising Global Families
Parenting, Immigration, and Class in Taiwan and the US
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Public discourse on Asian parenting tends to fixate on ethnic culture as a static value set, disguising the fluidity and diversity of Chinese parenting. Such stereotypes also fail to account for the challenges of raising children in a rapidly modernizing world, full of globalizing values. In Raising...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
The United States has always been a land of immigrants and a destination for refugees. With the increase in immigration in the late 1980s—when the number of refugees entering the United States nearly doubled as well—the number of clients needing social work services rose dramatically. Social Work...
The Weight of Shadows
A Memoir of Immigration & Displacement
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Tracing his story of becoming a US citizen, José Orduña’s memoir explores the complex issues of immigration and assimilation.
José Orduña chronicles the process of becoming a North American citizen in a post-9/11 United States. Intractable realities—rooted in the continuity of US imperialism...
SIX WORDS FRESH OFF THE BOAT
Stories of Immigration, Identity, and Coming to America
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Six Words Fresh Off the Boat marries the phenomenon of Larry Smith's successful Six-Word Memoirs with ABC and 20th Century Fox Television's hit comedy Fresh Off the Boat. The book captures hundreds of takes on the immigration experience, from every-day people as well as world-famous celebrities including...
A Family Matter
Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
How do we define family? In an attempt to police incoming migrants, the Harper government adopted a strict definition of family in order to limit access to citizenship for certain immigrants. Even when immigrants had no intention of sponsoring family members, their familial networks affected their...
Strangers No More
Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
Strangers No More is the first book to compare immigrant integration across key Western countries. Focusing on low-status newcomers and their children, it examines how they are making their way in four critical European countries—France, Germany, Great Britain, and the Netherlands—and, across...
Immigration Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany
Negotiating Membership and Remaking the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
German migration policy now stands at a major crossroad, caught between a fifty-year history of missed opportunities and serious new challenges. Focusing on these new challenges that German policy makers face, the authors, both internationally recognized in this field, use historical argument, theoretical...
by Matthew Kaemingk
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
An alternative, uniquely Christian response to the growing global challenges of deep religious difference
In the last fifty years, millions of Muslims have migrated to Europe and North America. Their arrival has ignited a series of fierce public debates on both sides of the Atlantic about religious...