Migrants to the Metropolis - The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities (Paperback, New)

Immigration today touches the lives and economies of more people and places than ever before. Yet the places that are disproportionately affected by immigrant flows are not countries but cities. This remarkable collection examines contemporary global immigration trends and their profound effect on specific host cities. The book focuses not only on cities with long-established diverse populations, such as New York, Toronto, and Sydney, but also on lesser known established gateway cities such as Birmingham (UK) and Amsterdam, and the emerging gateways of Johannesburg, Washington, D.C., Singapore, and Dublin.The essays gathered here provide a global portrait of accelerating, worldwide immigration driven by income differentials, social networks, and various state policies that recruit skilled and unskilled laborers. Gateway cities vary in form and function, but many are hyper diverse, globally linked through transnational networks, and often increasingly segregated spaces. Offering penetrating analyses by leading scholars in the field, ""Migrants to the Metropolis"" redirects the global narrative surrounding migration away from states and borders and toward cities, where the vast majority of economic migrants settle.

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Space, Place and Society
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	May 2008
Editors:	Marie Price • Lisa Benton-Short
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	448
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-3186-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Promotions
LSN:	0-8156-3186-3
Barcode:	9780815631866

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