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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration
'This is Doro and he is beautiful.' So begins the extraordinary
story of Doro Goumaneh, who faced an unimaginable series of
adversities on his journey from persecution in The Gambia to refuge
in France. Doro was once a relatively prosperous fisherman, but in
2014, when the country's fishing rights were stolen and secret
police began arresting Gambian fishermen, Doro left home, fleeing
for his life. From Senegal to Libya to Algeria and back to Libya,
Doro fell victim to the horrific cycle of abuse targeted at
refugees. He endured shipwreck, torture and being left for dead in
a mass grave. Miraculously, he survived. In 2019, during one of his
many attempts to reach Europe, Doro was rescued by the boat
Sea-Watch 3 in the Mediterranean, where he met volunteer Brendan
Woodhouse. While waiting out a two-week standoff - floating off the
coast of Sicily, as political leaders accused Sea-Watch, a German
organisation that helps migrants, of facilitating illegal entry to
Europe - a great friendship formed. Told through both Doro's and
Brendan's perspectives, Doro touches on questions of policy and
politics, brutality and bravery, survival and belonging - issues
that confront refugees everywhere. But ultimately it is one man's
incredible story - that of Doro: refugee, hero, champion, survivor
and friend.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to
be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. Providing a timely overview of the main issues and
scholarship in migration studies, Ronald Skeldon examines the
principal methods of migration and offers in-depth guidance on
trends and types of population movements in today's world. Key
areas such as forced movements and refugees are considered,
alongside more voluntary migration and the relationship between
migration and development. The main approaches to migration policy
are also reviewed. Key features include: a broad interdisciplinary
approach to migration studies consideration of both internal and
international migration a fresh look at future migration challenges
a substantial review of the literature. This insightful Advanced
Introduction will be an excellent resource for both graduates and
undergraduates studying migration. It will also be a useful guide
for researchers in government departments, international agencies
and think tanks who are actively engaged in work on migration.
This timely Handbook brings together leading international scholars
from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geopolitical
perspectives to interrogate the intersections between migration and
global justice. It explores how cross-border mobility and migration
have been affected by rapid economic, cultural and technological
globalisation, addressing the pressing questions of global justice
that arise as governments respond to unprecedented levels of global
migration. Chapters analyse the key issues arising from tensions
between international and national priorities, duties and laws, as
well as visions for human coexistence and harmony. Featuring
chapters written by researchers, political activists and
contributors with lived experience of migration injustice, the
Handbook explores central topics including failures in refugee
protection, worker exploitation and violence against migrants.
Looking ahead, it also discusses possible pathways to achieve
global justice in and through migration, in terms of geopolitics,
subjective experience, human rights and redistributive justice,
global solidarity and political activism. Combining empirical case
studies with cutting-edge theory, this Handbook will be an
invaluable resource for scholars and students of migration, human
rights and public policy. The application of the global justice
concept to issues of migration and border control will also be
useful for policy makers, practitioners and NGOs in these areas.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Exploring how
demographic dynamism continues to shape the character of societies,
this forward-looking Research Agenda offers insights into how the
human population has undergone fundamental demographic shifts, and
the impact these have had on how we organize ourselves politically,
the design of our economic systems, and even our societal
relationships. The Research Agenda first introduces readers to the
foundations of demographic change: fertility, mortality and
migration. Chapters examine the political impact of forced
migration, urbanization, gender dynamics, the intersection of race,
identity and electoral politics, religious and ethnic groups, and
health. The implications of the geographic shift in population
centres from the Global North to the Global South are also
highlighted, as well as the relationship between demography on the
one hand and political and economic power on the other. This will
be an invigorating read for social science scholars looking to
develop their research or interact with current research trends,
particularly scholars of human geography, development studies and
geopolitics.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and
law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to
be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. Highlighting the power of multi-dimensional demography, this
Advanced Introduction addresses the most consequential changes in
our societies and economies using quantitative approaches. It
defines three demographic theories with predictive power -
demographic metabolism, transition and dividend - and repositions
the discipline at the heart of social science. Key features
include: Discussion of alternative demographic scenarios in the
context of sustainable development Introduction of national human
resource management as the population policy for the 21st century
An outline of how the significant demographic theories discussed
form the building blocks of a Unified Demographic Theory An
argument for cognitive changes as the primary driver of demographic
transition rather than changing economic conditions, demonstrated
by the impact of changing educational attainment structures. This
Advanced Introduction is a must-read for demographers around the
globe for its concise summary of the concepts, theories and power
of multi-dimensional demography, as well as students of demography
at all levels. It will also be useful to academics in other social
sciences, including human geography, development studies and
sociology scholars interested in what state-of-the-art demography
has to offer their fields.
Europe has talked itself into a refugee and security crisis. There
is, however, a misrecognition of the real challenge facing Europe:
the challenge of managing the relationship between Europeans and
the currently stigmatized 'others' which it has attracted. Making
the case against a 'Europe of walls', Robin Wilson instead proposes
a refounding of Europe built on the power of diversity and an ethos
of hospitality rather than an institutional thicket serving the
market. Providing a robust critique of the moral panic surrounding
migrants and security dominating the European public sphere, this
book explains why old models for managing cultural diversity in
Europe no longer work, and why their obsolescence has led to morbid
symptoms. Incorporating discussion of the eurozone crisis and the
associated insecurity and the rise of xenophobic populists, Wilson
provides an insider account of how the Council of Europe has, over
a decade and a half, developed a new paradigm of intercultural
integration. He builds theory into this model, drawing on work on
cosmopolitanism in the social sciences, also emphasizing the
empirical validity of the approach. With its handling of critical
issues currently facing Europe, this book is of interest not only
to academics across the social sciences, undergraduate students of
politics and sociology and postgraduate students of cultural and
European studies, but also to policy-makers and NGO practitioners.
A powerfully moving and beautiful picture book about the voyage of
HMT Empire Windrush from national treasure, Benjamin Zephaniah. The
hopes, dreams and bravery of the Windrush generation are expressed
in this vivid story through the real-life experiences of
Trinidadian musician, Mona Baptiste. Written as a brand-new poem by
Benjamin Zephaniah, the book is beautifully illustrated by the
extraordinary artist, Onyinye Iwu. The arrival of the Windrush in
1948 is celebrated each year on Windrush Day, 22 June Benjamin
recently won a BAFTA for his Sky Arts show, Life & Rhymes, a
showcase of some of Britain's finest poets This book is perfect for
teaching young children about inclusivity and diversity Praise for
Windrush Child: 'An invaluable story for any young readers who
enjoy adventure and want to learn more about the Windrush
generation's experience. Essential reading' Alex Wheatle
Abbey and Money Singh are better known as The Modern Singhs, Kiwi
social media celebrities with a rich and tangled love story to
tell. Shared through the eyes of this inspiring duo, The Modern
Singhs reveals their experiences as migrants to New Zealand as they
struggled to find footing in new surroundings. They describe how
they met and pursued a relationship that was forbidden by Money's
culture, where he felt he had to choose between his family and the
love of his life. The couple opens up about the difficult birth of
their son, their journeys with mental health, a complicated sense
of home, and what it's like to raise bilingual children across
three cultures. The rest is history - or at least uploaded to
YouTube, where Abbey and Money's joyful outlook and celebration of
tradition unites 1.3 million viewers from all over the world,
encouraging others to embrace difference with open hearts.
On August 8, 1942, 302 people arrived by train at Vocation,
Wyoming, to become the first Japanese American residents of what
the U.S. government called the Relocation Center at Heart Mountain.
In the following weeks and months, they would be joined by some
10,000 of the more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent,
two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, incarcerated as "domestic enemy
aliens" during World War II. Heart Mountain became a town with
workplaces, social groups, and political alliances-in short,
networks. These networks are the focus of Saara Kekki's Japanese
Americans at Heart Mountain. Interconnections between people are
the foundation of human societies. Exploring the creation of
networks at Heart Mountain, as well as movement to and from the
camp between 1942 and 1945, this book offers an unusually detailed
look at the formation of a society within the incarcerated
community, specifically the manifestation of power, agency, and
resistance. Kekki constructs a dynamic network model of all of
Heart Mountain's residents and their interconnections-family,
political, employment, social, and geospatial networks-using
historical "big data" drawn from the War Relocation Authority and
narrative sources, including the camp newspaper Heart Mountain
Sentinel. For all the inmates, life inevitably went on: people
married, had children, worked, and engaged in politics. Because of
the duration of the incarceration, many became institutionalized
and unwilling to leave the camps when the time came. Yet most
individuals, Kekki finds, took charge of their own destinies
despite the injustice and looked forward to the day when Heart
Mountain was behind them. Especially timely in its implications for
debates over immigration and assimilation, Japanese Americans at
Heart Mountain presents a remarkable opportunity to reconstruct a
community created under duress within the larger American society,
and to gain new insight into an American experience largely lost to
official history.
This Handbook is a timely and critical intervention into debates on
changing family dynamics in the face of globalization, population
migration and uneven mobilities. By capturing the diversity of
family 'types', 'arrangements' and 'strategies' across a global
setting, the volume highlights how migration is inextricably linked
to complex familial relationships, often in supportive and
nurturing ways, but also violent and oppressive at other times.
Featuring state-of-the-art reviews from leading scholars, the
Handbook attends to cross-cutting themes such as gender relations,
intergenerational relationships, social inequalities and social
mobility. The chapters cover a wide range of subjects, from forced
migration and displacement, to expatriatism, labour migration,
transnational marriage, education, LGBTQI families, digital
technology and mobility regimes. By highlighting the complexity of
the migration-family nexus, this Handbook will be a valuable
resource for researchers, scholars and students in the fields of
human geography, sociology, anthropology and social policy.
Policymakers and practitioners working on family relations and
gender policy will also benefit from reading this Handbook.
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? is a book for South Africans and
ex-South Africans looking for guidance, information and empathy on
the topic of emigration from people who've been there and done that
– whether it's stay or go. A collection of 15 essays, the book
combines a variety of subjective viewpoints to provide a broad
overview of the emigration debate. It includes an introduction by
the editor and three addenda: comparisons of the most popular
countries and cities to which South Africans emigrate, an analysis
of the stresses of emigration and a listing of further reading on
the topic. The authors include high-profile writers (Andre Brink,
Kevin Bloom, Jacob Dlamini), widely published South African and
international journalists, and average everyday South African.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. International
migration has emerged as one of the most pressing issues faced by
national and regional governments in our modern world. This
Research Agenda provides much-needed discussion on the health of
migrants, and fundamental research directions for the future. The
editors draw together key contributions that address people with a
range of immigration statuses, including refugees. Written by
leading experts in the field, chapters explore the evolving nature
of health, from how this is experienced by migrants in their
countries of origin, to the impact of the immigrant journey and
experiences in their country of residence. Topical and timely, the
Research Agenda offers key insights into previously underdeveloped
areas of study, including an analysis of female migrants, a
discussion of immigration relative to the Global South, and the
relationship between climate change, migration and health. An
important read for human geography scholars, this will be
particularly useful for those looking into population and health
geography and demography. It will also be beneficial to sociology
and anthropology scholars interested in immigration and health.
Contributors include: A.T. Banerjee, V. Chouinard, X. Deng, S. Gal,
S. Gravel, J. Hanley, J. Hennebry, L. Hunter, A. Kobayashi, J.-H.
Koo, L. Malhaire, K.B. Newbold, J.-A. Osei-Twum, S. Park, D.H.
Simon, K. Stelfox, M. Walton-Roberts, L. Wang, K. Wilson
In an era when immigration was at its peak, the Fabre Line offered
the only transatlantic route to southern New England. One of its
most important ports was in Providence, Rhode Island. Nearly
eighty-four thousand immigrants were admitted to the country
between the years 1911 and 1934. Almost one in nine of these
individuals elected to settle in Rhode Island after landing in
Providence, amounting to around eleven thousand new residents. Most
of these immigrants were from Portugal and Italy, and the Fabre
Line kept up a brisk and successful business. However, both the
line and the families hoping for a new life faced major obstacles
in the form of World War I, the immigration restriction laws of the
1920s, and the Great Depression. Join authors Patrick T. Conley and
William J. Jennings Jr. as they chronicle the history of the Fabre
Line and its role in bringing new residents to the Ocean State.
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