Books in the IMISCOE Dissertations series

Explores the complex set of processes that determine the incorporation patterns of migrants from Balkan countries in Greece.

A fascinating study provides an inside perspective into human smuggling processes

This study unravels the real dynamics at stake within the Lebanese Madame/Sri Lankan housemaid relationship

A comparative study of how economic and political differences between Antwerp and Barcelona influence the life-course trajectories of Senegalese and Gambian migrants.

A study of South Asian settlement patterns and residential preferences exploring the motivations underlying these, paying particular attention to processes of ethnic concentration and suburbanisation.

An analysis of how Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European immigrant associations negotiate integration and identity strategies in Portugal

This book is about migration as a form of risk-taking. Based on Ukrainian women's experiences in the Polish domestic work sector, it presents a new approach to analyse movements of female migrants responding to the demand for household labour around the world. Risks involved in migration and in migrant domestic work are accounted for in detail alon

Provides a theoretical model for researching the organising process of immigrants in host societies

This study is on the differences between first and second-generation immigrants who are self-employed.

Pionering study of the deployment of social capital to evaluate the cohesion and integration of three generations of Moroccans living in London.

Analyses in a comparative perspective naturalisation processes in Swiss municipalities and explores new theoretical and analytical approaches to the study of citizenship.

An account of how trafficked women experience and then overcome sexual slavery and trafficking without or in spite of the help offered by outside agencies.

A comprehensive book on the relation between crime and illegal residence.

Are immigrants more enterprising than natives in Spain? How successful are migrant entrepreneurs compared to those who start businesses in their country of birth? With the growth of migration worldwide, questions such as these are garnering the attention of economists, policymakers and scholars. Born Entrepreneurs? asks how foreignness affects an i

Explores the phenomenon of 'return migration' in Greece through the settlement and identification processes of second-generation Greek-American returning migrants.

In the last 50 years, the United Kingdom has witnessed a growing proportion of mixed African-Caribbean and white British families. With rich new primary evidence of 'mixed-race' in the capital city, The Creolisation of London Kinship thoughtfully explores this population. Making an indelible contribution to both kinship research and wider social de