Emigration Immigration category: 2215 books
by Brian D. Wruk with Terry F. Ritchie
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
?Approximately 50,000 Canadians move to the U.S. every year. Already, there are hundreds of thousands of ex-Canadians living south of the border. The similarity in language, currency, culture, services, and products of these two countries can lead Canadians in the U.S. to mistakenly think that its...
Immigrate to Canada
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
Canada is one of the world's most welcoming countries, a relatively new land built by immigration with some of the top cities in which to live. But how do you turn your dreams abroad into reality in Canada? This book, part of the Canadian Newcomers series, gives you the critical advantage in understanding...
Border Vigils
Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Ours is an era marked by extraordinary human migrations, with some 200 million people alive today having moved from their country of origin. The political reaction in Europe and the United States has been to raise the drawbridge: immigrant workers are needed, but no longer welcome. So migrants die...
Leaving India
My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2009
The PEN Award–winning chronicle of the Indian diaspora told through the stories of the author’s own family.
In this “rich, entertaining and illuminating story,” Minal Hajratwala mixes history, memoir, and reportage to explore the collisions of choice and history that led her family...
International Migration and Security
Opportunities and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005
Every day newspapers in the Western world carry articles about illegal immigrants, asylum seekers and other migrants. The focus of these articles varies greatly from migrants as a threat to one or another important social or societal interest, to migrants as an important asset to those same interests....
Beyond the Color Line
New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Twenty-five essays covering a range of areas from religion and immigration to family structure and crime examine America's changing racial and ethnic scene. They clearly show that old civil rights strategies will not solve today's problems and offer a bold new civil rights agenda based on today's realities.
Moving for Prosperity
Global Migration and Labor Markets
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Migration presents a stark policy dilemma. Research repeatedly confirms that migrants, their families back home, and the countries that welcome them experience large economic and social gains. Easing immigration restrictions is one of the most effective tools for ending poverty and sharing prosperity...
Romanians in Western Europe
Migration, Status Dilemmas, and Transnational Connections
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
In recent years, Romanians have become the second largest migrant group in Western Europe. Following the liberalization of border controls and the massive economic and political changes in Eastern Europe, human mobility has increased and is becoming a permanent feature of post-Cold War Europe. The...
Going Places
Migration, Economics and the Future of New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Migration and the movement of people is one of the critical issues confronting the world’s nations in the twenty-first-century.This book is about the economic contribution of migration to and from New Zealand, one of the most frequently discussed aspects of the debate. Can immigration, in economic...
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...
Scratching Out a Living
Latinos, Race, and Work in the Deep South
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
How has Latino immigration transformed the South? In what ways is the presence of these newcomers complicating efforts to organize for workplace justice? Scratching Out a Living takes readers deep into Mississippi’s chicken processing plants and communities, where large numbers of Latin American...
Integration Nation
Immigrants, Refugees, and America at Its Best
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
“Eaton has done invaluable work in documenting the revitalization of communities across the U.S. by immigrants and refugees” (David Bacon, author of Illegal People).
In recent years, politicians in a handful of local communities and states have passed laws and regulations designed to make...
by Godfred Mensah, Lawrence Davis, Kofi Quaye
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
In the beginning, most immigrants from Third World countries look at immigration mainly as a trip to another country specifically for the purpose of pursuing higher education, seeking employment, or both, saving most of their earnings and returning to their native countries where they would enjoy...
Municipalities and Multiculturalism
The Politics of Immigration in Toronto and Vancouver
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
The Canadian model of diversity management is considered a success in the international community, yet the methods by which these policies are adopted by local governments have seldom been studied. Municipalities and Multiculturalism explores the role of the municipality in integrating immigrants...