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Migration, Citizenship and the Challenge for Security - An Ethnographic Approach (Hardcover): A. Innes Migration, Citizenship and the Challenge for Security - An Ethnographic Approach (Hardcover)
A. Innes
R1,881 Discovery Miles 18 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This study focuses on the field of security studies through the prism of migration. Using ethnographic methods to illustrate an experiential theory of security taken from the perspective of migrants and asylum seekers in Europe, it effectively offers a means of moving beyond state-based and state-centric theories in International Relations.

Living Standards in the Past - New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe (Hardcover, New): Robert C. Allen, Tommy... Living Standards in the Past - New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe (Hardcover, New)
Robert C. Allen, Tommy Bengtsson, Martin Dribe
R7,484 Discovery Miles 74 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why did Europe experience industrialisation and modern economic growth before China, India or Japan? This is one of the most fundamental questions in Economic History and one that has provoked intense debate. The main concern of this book is to determine when the gap in living standards between the East and the West emerged. The established view, dating back to Adam Smith, is that the gap emerged long before the Industrial Revolution, perhaps thousands of years ago. While this view has been called into question - and many of the explanations for it greatly undermined - the issue demands much more empirical research than has yet been undertaken. How did the standard of living in Europe and Asia compare in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? The present book proposes an answer by considering evidence of three sorts. The first is economic, focusing on income, food production, wages, and prices. The second is demographic, comparing heights, life expectancy and other demographic indicators. The third combines the economic and demographic by investigating the demographic vulnerability to short-term economic stress. The contributions show the highly complex and diverse pattern of the standard of living in the pre-industrial period. The general picture emerging is not one of a great divergence between East and West, but instead one of considerable similarities. These similarities not only pertain to economic aspects of standard of living but also to demography and the sensitivity to economic fluctuations. In addition to these similarities, there were also pronounced regional differences within the East and within the West - regional differences that in many cases were larger than the average differences between Europe and Asia. This clearly highlights the importance of analysing several dimensions of the standard of living, as well as the danger of neglecting regional, social, and household specific differences when assessing the level of well-being in the past.

Motherhood in the Context of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation - Studies on Nigerian and Romanian Women (Hardcover, 1st... Motherhood in the Context of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation - Studies on Nigerian and Romanian Women (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Rafaela Pascoal
R3,374 Discovery Miles 33 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book discusses motherhood of Nigerian and Romanian women in Italy and Romania, who are human trafficking victims for sexual purposes. It provides a broad gender approach to emerge on the phenomenon of human trafficking with an analytic perspective of all the social, cultural, legal and economic components that play an important role during all phases of motherhood. The book compares the motherhood of these two nationalities within a context of an illegal/legal status in the European territory. It reflects on the used terms of vulnerability, sexual exploitation, victim, resistance and resilience. This book enlightens scholars and students with a broad perspective on this complex phenomenon, understanding the intersectionality of the victims' features and its relation with the several push and pull factors that lead a human trafficking victim into vulnerability, resistance and resilience.

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, v. 16 (Hardcover): Kevin Leicht Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, v. 16 (Hardcover)
Kevin Leicht
R2,338 Discovery Miles 23 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The 16th volume in a series on advances in stratification research. Topics addressed include: the changing international context of social stratification; race, immigration and life chances; and the distinctiveness of independent business as a locus of social stratification.

Harlem Supers - The Social Life of a Community in Transition (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Terry Williams Harlem Supers - The Social Life of a Community in Transition (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Terry Williams
R2,639 Discovery Miles 26 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Superintendents play a large role in the formation of relationships and networks within their neighborhood; and yet, no study in social science has focused on them. Williams closes this knowledge gap through ethnographic fieldwork, providing an in-depth analysis of the daily life of superintendents in the lower Harlem area in New York City.

Exile Identity, Agency and Belonging in South Africa - The Masupatsela Generation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Zosa De Sas... Exile Identity, Agency and Belonging in South Africa - The Masupatsela Generation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Zosa De Sas Kropiwnicki
R3,958 Discovery Miles 39 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the experiences of 49 second-generation exiles from South Africa. Using "generation" as an analytical concept, it investigates the relational, temporal and embodied nature of their childhoods in terms of kinship relations, life cycle, cohort development and memory-making. It reveals how child agents exploited the liminal nature of exile to negotiate their sense of identity, home and belonging, while also struggling over their position and power in formal Politics and informal politics of the everyday. It also reflects upon their political consciousness, identity and sense of civic duty on return to post-apartheid South Africa, and how this has led to the emergence of the Masupatsela generational cohort concerned with driving social and political change in South Africa.

Student Mobilities and International Education in Asia - Emotional Geographies of Knowledge Spaces (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020):... Student Mobilities and International Education in Asia - Emotional Geographies of Knowledge Spaces (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Ravinder K Sidhu, Ho Kong Chong, Brenda S.A. Yeoh
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates why students choose to study in key Asian cities, and how this trend relates to the strategic intent of states and universities to build 'knowledge economies' and 'world-class' profiles. Drawing on substantial theoretical and empirical research, the authors examine the emotional geographies of East Asian international education, and offer new analytical insights into the relations between emotions, nation and subjectivity. The book challenges Eurocentric views of Asia as a space of volatile nationalist rivalries. By offering richly textured portraits of mobile students, it questions contemporary memes about the utility-maximising Asian learner. This is a thought-provoking text that will appeal to university researchers, academics and students interested in the changing architectures of international education.

Confessions of a Reluctant Hater (Hardcover, 2nd Revised ed.): Greg Johnson Confessions of a Reluctant Hater (Hardcover, 2nd Revised ed.)
Greg Johnson
R874 Discovery Miles 8 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Modelling Aging and Migration Effects on Spatial Labor Markets (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Roger R. Stough, Karima Kourtit,... Modelling Aging and Migration Effects on Spatial Labor Markets (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Roger R. Stough, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp, Uwe Blien
R5,134 Discovery Miles 51 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The aging and migration megatrends and their impact on spatial - regional and local - labor market performance is the core theme of this book, and thus together define its scope and focus. The contributions provide an overview of key aging and migration issues in various countries together with analyses of their varied impacts on regional labor markets. Systematic database research and related empirical analyses are used to map out the complex and dynamic nature of these trends, while cutting-edge economic and modeling techniques are used to analyze them. In closing, the book critically reviews and assesses selected policy measures designed to cope with the effects of aging and migration on regional labor markets.

New World, New Roles. - A Documentary History of Women in Pre-Industrial America (Hardcover): Sylvia Frey, Marian Morton New World, New Roles. - A Documentary History of Women in Pre-Industrial America (Hardcover)
Sylvia Frey, Marian Morton
R2,781 Discovery Miles 27 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Environmental Change, Adaptation and Migration - Bringing in the Region (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Felicitas Hillmann, Marie... Environmental Change, Adaptation and Migration - Bringing in the Region (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Felicitas Hillmann, Marie Pahl, Birte Rafflenbeul, Harald Sterly
R3,558 Discovery Miles 35 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The contributors present empirical and theoretical insights on current debates on environmental change, adaptation and migration. While focusing on countries subject to environmental degradation, it calls for a regional perspective that recognises local actors and a systematic link between development studies and migration research.

Immigration Detention - The migration of a policy and its human impact (Hardcover): Amy Nethery, Stephanie Silverman Immigration Detention - The migration of a policy and its human impact (Hardcover)
Amy Nethery, Stephanie Silverman
R4,616 Discovery Miles 46 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Before the turn of the century, few states used immigration detention. Today, nearly every state around the world has adopted immigration detention policy in some form. States practice detention as a means to address both the accelerating numbers of people crossing their borders, and the populations residing in their states without authorisation. This edited volume examines the contemporary diffusion of immigration detention policy throughout the world and the impact of this expansion on the prospects of protection for people seeking asylum. It includes contributions by immigration detention experts working in Australasia, the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. It is the first to set out a systematic comparison of immigration detention policy across these regions and to examine how immigration detention has become a ubiquitous part of border and immigration control strategies globally. In so doing, the volume presents a global perspective on the diversity of immigration detention policies and practices, how these circumstances developed, and the human impact of states exchanging individuals' rights to liberty for the collective assurance of border and immigration control. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of immigration, migration, public administration, comparative policy studies, comparative politics and international political economy.

Social Transformation and Migration - National and Local Experiences in South Korea, Turkey, Mexico and Australia (Hardcover):... Social Transformation and Migration - National and Local Experiences in South Korea, Turkey, Mexico and Australia (Hardcover)
S. Castles, D. Ozkul, M. Cubas
R2,713 R2,037 Discovery Miles 20 370 Save R676 (25%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines theories and specific experiences of international migration and social transformation, with special reference to the effects of neo-liberal globalization on four societies with vastly different historical and cultural characteristics: South Korea, Australia, Turkey and Mexico.

International Migration of China - Status, Policy and Social Responses to the Globalization of Migration (Hardcover, 1st ed.... International Migration of China - Status, Policy and Social Responses to the Globalization of Migration (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Lu Miao, Huiyao Wang
R3,764 Discovery Miles 37 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a systemic and detailed monographic study of Chinese outbound migration. It not only breaks down the basic trends of this migration with respect to destinations and the like, but also analyzes its unique features, which include the largely middle- and upper-class makeup of emigrants and their investment activities overseas, particularly when it comes to buying property. The Chinese are the largest foreign buyers of real estate in the US, Canada and Australia. By explaining this and other special aspects of Chinese emigration and their impact on China and receiving countries, this book provides a fresh and interesting look at this important phenomenon.

Migration, Borders and Citizenship - Between Policy and Public Spheres (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Maurizio Ambrosini, Manlio... Migration, Borders and Citizenship - Between Policy and Public Spheres (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Maurizio Ambrosini, Manlio Cinalli, David Jacobson
R3,908 Discovery Miles 39 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This edited collection goes beyond the limited definition of borders as simply dividing lines across states, to uncover another, yet related, type of division: one that separates policies and institutions from public debate and contestation. Bringing together expertise from established and emerging academics, it examines the fluid and varied borderscape across policy and the public domains. The chapters encompass a wide range of analyses that covers local, national and transnational frameworks, policies and private actors. In doing so, Migration, Borders and Citizenship reveals the tensions between border control and state economic interests; legal frameworks designed to contain criminality and solidarity movements; international conventions, national constitutions and local migration governance; and democratic and exclusive constructions of citizenship. This novel approach to the politics of borders will appeal to sociologists, political scientists and geographers working in the fields of migration, citizenship, urban geography and human rights; in addition to students and scholars of security studies and international relations.

European Cities, Municipal Organizations and Diversity - The New Politics of Difference (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Maria... European Cities, Municipal Organizations and Diversity - The New Politics of Difference (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Maria Schiller
R3,041 R1,977 Discovery Miles 19 770 Save R1,064 (35%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reworking Postcolonialism - Globalization, Labour and Rights (Hardcover): P. Malreddy, B. Heidemann, O. Laursen Reworking Postcolonialism - Globalization, Labour and Rights (Hardcover)
P. Malreddy, B. Heidemann, O. Laursen
R1,964 Discovery Miles 19 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An interdisciplinary collection of essays, Reworking Postcolonialism explores questions of work, precarity, migration, minority and indigenous rights in relation to contemporary globalization. It brings together political, economic and literary approaches to texts and events from across the postcolonial world.

Food Parcels in International Migration - Intimate Connections (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Diana Mata-Codesal, Maria Abranches Food Parcels in International Migration - Intimate Connections (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Diana Mata-Codesal, Maria Abranches
R3,833 Discovery Miles 38 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book takes food parcels as a vehicle for exploring relationships, intimacy, care, consumption, exchange, and other fundamental anthropological concerns, examining them in relation to wider transnational spaces. As the contributors to this volume argue, food and its related practices offer a window through which to examine the reconciliation of people's localised intimate experiences with globalising forces. Their analyses contribute to an embodied and sensorial approach to social change by examining migrants and their families' experiences of global connectedness through familiar objects and narratives. By bringing in in-depth ethnographic insights from different social and economic contexts, this book widens the understanding of the lived experiences of mobility and goes beyond the divide between origin and destination countries, therefore contributing to new ways of thinking about migration and transnationalism that take into consideration the materiality of global connections and the way such connections are embodied and experienced at the local level.

Gender and Immigration (Hardcover): G. Kelson, D. Delaet Gender and Immigration (Hardcover)
G. Kelson, D. Delaet
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work explores the varied and complex ways in which women in a variety of occupational and social categories experience international migration. The chapters are concerned primarily with the question of whether international migration provides women with opportunities for liberating themselves from subordinate gender roles in their countries of origin. At the same time, the authors discuss whether migrant women face both traditional and new forms of subordination and discrimination in their host societies.

Population Change in the United States - Socioeconomic Challenges and Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover, 1st... Population Change in the United States - Socioeconomic Challenges and Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Steve H Murdock, Michael E Cline, Mary Zey, Deborah Perez, P Wilner Jeanty
R2,492 R1,959 Discovery Miles 19 590 Save R533 (21%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new volume maps the complex interplay of demographic and socioeconomic changes in the United States, where rapid aging and ethnic diversification are merely the most salient of the many issues with major long-term implications. Drawing on The United States Census Bureau's post-2010 detailed projections, as well as a wealth of data distilled from authoritative sources, the authors tackle many of the urgent policy questions raised by America's changing population. The book explores the ways economic markets are adapting to an older and more diverse customer base, how the projected demographic change will impact public service demand, the growing economic disparities between asset-rich baby boomers and youth struggling for economic security, and how the projected demographic patterns will change the fiscal, economic, education, health, and housing sectors and alter the social structures and processes impacting American households and the diverse array of America's future population. A thorough survey of major demographic patterns in the USA up to 2050 is followed by an assessment of how these will affect socioeconomic, public service, fiscal, economic, and social structures and mechanisms, down to the size and composition of households. The analysis then considers possible variations of outcome predicated on alternative dynamic patterns between demographics and socioeconomics. Cutting through the politics and communal anxieties with hard, cutting-edge data, this study will be a primary source for all those who must use its contents to guide their decisions.

A Student's Guide to British American Genealogy (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Anne E. Johnson A Student's Guide to British American Genealogy (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Anne E. Johnson
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A step-by-step guide to genealogical research for students of British American descent or those interested in British Americans.

No Matter What - How Far Would You Go to Save Your Child? (Hardcover): Monika Polefka-Proulx No Matter What - How Far Would You Go to Save Your Child? (Hardcover)
Monika Polefka-Proulx
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Knowing What's Local - Ethnographic Inquiry, Education and Democracy (Hardcover): David Landis, Sapargul Mirseitova Knowing What's Local - Ethnographic Inquiry, Education and Democracy (Hardcover)
David Landis, Sapargul Mirseitova
R2,769 Discovery Miles 27 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ethnographic inquiry serves as a unique educational resource that is accessible to students and teachers of all economic and social classes and therefore well suited to building democratic communities in the 21st Century. This book is about teachers, students and parents in the Republic of Kazakhstan who opened new educational directions and democratic possibilities for themselves through a series of ethnographic studies about their local communities. By unfolding practical experiences of teachers and students with ethnographic study, this book builds and expands understanding about education and democracy across five points of view: Renewing professional development and building academic knowledge through ethnographic inquiry Acquiring democratic living through ethnographic study of participatory, caring citizenship Connecting democratic ways of life with ethnographic study of identity formation in diverse communities Building knowledge about democratic perspectives through reflexive reading and writing about ethnographic inquiry Building meaningful education at the intersections of ethnographic inquiry, literacy practices and theorizing about local communities The authors propose that teacher and student-led ethnographic inquiries develop educational experiences that enrich educators' professional growth and provide innovative research opportunities for them and their students that generate up-to-date academicknowledge, which can be used to inform course offerings, design lessons and address state policy mandates.

The International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Rogelio Saenz, David G. Embrick,... The International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Rogelio Saenz, David G. Embrick, Nestor P. Rodriguez
R7,243 Discovery Miles 72 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Examining key countries in every region of world, this handbook presents population profiles and analyses concerning racial/ethnic disparities and changing intergroup relations. Inside, prominent scholars from various parts of the world and disciplines address the links between stratification, demography, and conflict across the globe. Organized by region/continent, coverage for each profiled country includes demographic information; a historical overview that addresses past racial/ethnic conflict; identification of the most salient demographic trends and issues that the country faces; theoretical issues related to the linkages between stratification, demography, and conflict; methodological issues including quality of data and cutting-edge methods to better understand the issue at hand; and details on the possible future of the existing trends and issues with particular emphasis on public policy and human rights. This handbook will help readers to better understand the commonalities and differences that exist globally in the interplay between stratification, demography, and conflict. In addition, it also provides an excellent inventory of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches that are needed to better comprehend this issue. This handbook will appeal to students, researchers, and policy analysts in the areas of race and ethnic relations, demography, inequality, international sociology, international relations, foreign studies, social geography, and social development.

The Global Old Age Care Industry - Tapping into migrants for tackling the old age care crisis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021):... The Global Old Age Care Industry - Tapping into migrants for tackling the old age care crisis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Vincent Horn, Cornelia Schweppe, Anita Boecker, Maria Bruquetas Callejo
R3,899 Discovery Miles 38 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book focuses on the emerging global old age care industry developing as a response to tackle the "old age care crisis" in richer countries. In this global industry, multiple actors are involved in recruiting, skilling and placing migrant care workers in different spheres of the receiving country's old age care system. This book delves into the analysis of these actors and the multiple levels influencing their activities. Accordingly, it examines the significance of old age care regimes and policies as well as intermediaries and promoters for initiating, shaping and perpetuating old age care arrangements based on migrant labor and the relationships within them. Particular emphasis is placed on the risks and implications of these arrangements for the well-being and the social protection of the different actors involved. The book analyzes these processes and structures from a global perspective including different countries and regions of the world.

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