Books in the Studies in Migration and Diaspora series

Focusing on the case of Southeast Asian women who have been epitomized on the global marriage market as 'ideal' brides and wives, this volume examines these women's experiences of international marriage, migration and state's governmentality.

This book critically engages with dominant ideas of cultural homogeneity in the Nordic countries and contests the notion of homogeneity as a crucial determinant of social cohesion and societal security.

Employing Leicester as a case study, this book offers an analysis of the human experiences of migration. It shows how migration created challenges for both existing inhabitants and newcomers, for both male and female migrants, and explores how they perceived and negotiated boundaries within the local contexts of their everyday lives.

Examines where, when and how minority ethnic groups miss out on educational opportunities. This title provides a fresh approach to examining the long-standing debates over ethnicity, and in particular ethnic differences in educational achievement.

Presenting rich empirical data gathered among second-generation Italians in Switzerland and southern Italy, and drawing on studies undertaken in other parts of Europe and the US, this book investigates why as adults, members of the second generation maintain diverging transnational relations.

Exploring attempts by various actors - institutions, groups, individuals - to create transnational European identities, this book scrutinizes the cultural formations that have either reignited or emerged in often contradictory relations to the EU project, including local, regional and transnational allegiances.

Explores the processes of economic migration, the social conditions that follow it and the discourses that underlie research into it. Presenting economic migration and the process of studying and creating knowledge about it, this book addresses whether enquiries into modernity bring a comprehension of the nature of dislocation and movement.

Issues of cultural hybridity, diaspora and identity are central to debates on ethnicity and race. This book uses these ideas to explore cultural production by British South Asian women including Monica Ali, Meera Syal and Gurinder Chadha. It also provides a sociological analysis of the contexts and experiences of the British South Asian community.

By addressing the question of how migrants legally and symbolically lay claim to owning and belonging to place, this title refocuses our attention on the micro-politics and everyday rituals of place-making, that are central to the construction of migrant identities.

Offers a holistic analysis of contemporary lifestyle migrations, exploring the expectations and aspirations which inform and drive migration alongside the realities of life within the destination. This title recognizes the structural conditions (and constraints) which frame lifestyle migration, laying the groundwork for intellectual enquiry.

Addressing the shortcomings in research on the relationship between immigrants and rural areas, this book employs an innovative approach by exploring this relationship from a cross-national comparative, global perspective, drawing lessons from case studies across a range of geographical and political contexts, including Canada and the USA.

Offers insights into the notion of transnational citizenship by means of the life stories of educated Turkish migrant women in Germany and Great Britain. This book explores the ways in which diverging concepts and policies of citizenship allow for a differentiated examination of ethnicity, gender, multiculturalism and citizenship in Europe.

In the space of around ten years Ireland went from being a traditional labour exporter to a leading European economy. This title takes Ireland as a paradigmatic case of social transformation, exploring the reasons for which emigration was replaced by immigration, along with the social, political, cultural and economic effects of this change.

Through an exploration and analysis of the experiences of children who moved to Ireland in the first decade of the 21st century, thsi book addresses the tendency of migration research and policy to overlook the presence of children in migratory flows.

Demonstrates the significance of studying migration through the lens of gender and ethnicity, and the contribution this perspective makes to migration histories. Through a consideration of the impact of migration on men and masculine identities as well as women and feminine identities, this book helps understand questions of gender and migration.

The expansion of the European Union in May 2004 through the entry of ten countries from central and eastern Europe has generated considerable media interest. This book offers an analysis of the social and cultural processes bound up with migration flows between Britain and Bulgaria and places these flows in the wider European perspective.

With a longitudinal, intersectional study of migrant women, this book examines the lives of first generation Bangladeshi migrants to the UK, considering the dynamic relationship between people and place.

Through the concept of 'home' the book draws together and reflects on interconnections between integration in areas such as education or housing and experiences of social networks. Examining experiences of the asylum process and the manner in which they are interwoven within a wider narrative of home both within and beyond, Inhabiting Borders.

Explores the phenomena of migration, human smuggling and illegal work, in order to develop an account of international migration, linking it with irrational, risky economic behaviour and male sexual desire.

Reflects on the tensions and contradictions that arise within debates on social inclusion, arguing that both the concept of social inclusion and policy surrounding it need to incorporate visions of citizenship that value ethnic diversity.