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This volume examines how cities, migration, and urban governance
are intertwined. Questioning and re-working the conceptual reliance
on “scales” and “levels”, it draws on examples from both
Europe and North America to conceptualize the variety of cities as
re-active and pro-active within “glocal” and
“socio-territorial dynamics”. The book covers the governance of
the myriad dimensions of urban life, such as work, housing, racism,
Islamophobia, xenophobia, the arts, leisure, and other cultural
practices, political participation, social movements, and
“contentious politics” in North American and European cities.
While cities might implement “integration policies,” the
chapters do not necessarily assume that migrants live with the
telos of “integration”, but rather conduct their lives as
anyone else would, making meaning and voicing concerns under often
difficult material conditions, strewn with the markers of race,
religion, gender, sexuality, age, and often illegality. The volume
highlights four arguments, themes, or contributions addressed by
one or more of the chapters: how demographic change is prompting
more pro-active urban governance responses in many cities in the
21st century; how the sheer complexity of migration in the 21st
century is shaping the participation of citizen civil society
actors, the growing role of new private actors in the realm of
urban governance, and the participation of migrants themselves in
this governance. The book reminds us that we are confronted with a
spectrum of urban governance strategies, ranging from re-active
cities to pro-active and welcoming cities. Both timely and
relevant, this book collects the work of well-known scholars in the
field of migration and urban studies. The chapters in this book
were originally published as a special issue of Geographical
Review.
This book draws attention to the various factors that characterize
migrant flows and mobilities, calling into question familiar
concepts such as push and pull, migration as a life project and
sociocultural integration. It highlights processes such as fl
exible migrant routes, temporary and return migration, mental
aspects of migration processes and transnationalism, which are
organised around the themes of shaping trajectories, frictions in
space, and the migrant mental framework. It brings together work
from scholars from Europe and beyond, with the contributions
collected emphasizing the social and mental processes that underpin
the migratory process, which can be seen as the 'soft side' of
migration. Too often, this side is neglected when the governance of
migration is discussed. The novel ideas expressed here also help to
overcome the mechanistic view of migration as a push-pull event.
Thus, the book suggests a different understanding of migration and
mobility as relational, non-linear and fluid social processes,
characterized by instability in migrant life trajectories.
Emphasizing the fl exibility of migrants and migration and
advocating the importance of emotionally charged, individual
perceptions as central to migrant decision-making, it will appeal
to scholars of sociology, anthropology, politics and geography with
interests in migration and diaspora studies.
In an era of globalization and demographic transition international
migration has become an important issue for European governments.
The past decades have seen an increasing and diversifying flow of
migrants from different parts of the world, including many from
South, Southeast and East Asia. It has become apparent that in
several European countries the demand for workers in certain
sectors of the labour market is increasing and that Asia has become
the source for these workers. This collection explores the
phenomenon of Asian immigration in Europe, particularly focusing on
the ways in which Asian immigrants gain access to local labour
markets. The book includes studies of several countries including
Germany, France and the United Kingdom - shedding light on the
labour market positions of different ethnic groups within Europe.
Asian Migrants and European Labour Markets will interest scholars
in the field of labour economics, population and migration studies
and international business.
In an era of globalization and demographic transition international
migration has become an important issue for European governments.
The past decades have seen an increasing and diversifying flow of
migrants from different parts of the world, including many from
South, Southeast and East Asia. It has become apparent that in
several European countries the demand for workers in certain
sectors of the labour market is increasing and that Asia has become
the source for these workers. This collection explores the
phenomenon of Asian immigration in Europe, particularly focusing on
the ways in which Asian immigrants gain access to local labour
markets. The book includes studies of several countries including
Germany, France and the United Kingdom - shedding light on the
labour market positions of different ethnic groups within Europe.
Asian Migrants and European Labour Markets will interest scholars
in the field of labour economics, population and migration studies
and international business.
This book draws attention to the various factors that characterize
migrant flows and mobilities, calling into question familiar
concepts such as push and pull, migration as a life project and
sociocultural integration. It highlights processes such as fl
exible migrant routes, temporary and return migration, mental
aspects of migration processes and transnationalism, which are
organised around the themes of shaping trajectories, frictions in
space, and the migrant mental framework. It brings together work
from scholars from Europe and beyond, with the contributions
collected emphasizing the social and mental processes that underpin
the migratory process, which can be seen as the 'soft side' of
migration. Too often, this side is neglected when the governance of
migration is discussed. The novel ideas expressed here also help to
overcome the mechanistic view of migration as a push-pull event.
Thus, the book suggests a different understanding of migration and
mobility as relational, non-linear and fluid social processes,
characterized by instability in migrant life trajectories.
Emphasizing the fl exibility of migrants and migration and
advocating the importance of emotionally charged, individual
perceptions as central to migrant decision-making, it will appeal
to scholars of sociology, anthropology, politics and geography with
interests in migration and diaspora studies.
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 has expanded dramatically in both traditional and
emerging receiving nations. This worldwide boom has profoundly
altered urban areas as new arrivals have transformed inner cities
and suburbs alike into bastions of new ethnic economic activity.
Examining the essential role of space in assisting and modifying
ethnic business activity, this book considers how ethnic economies
are reshaping the urban landscape in the United States, Britain,
Australia, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Each chapter explores the
significance of urban space and local context in the development of
an ethnic economy and how, in turn, ethnic economies have helped to
recreate urban neighborhoods. With its international scope and rich
case studies, this book will be invaluable for scholars and
students alike in the fields of ethnic studies, urban studies,
economic development, geography, and sociology.
Immigration has expanded dramatically in both traditional and
emerging receiving nations. This worldwide boom has profoundly
altered urban areas as new arrivals have transformed inner cities
and suburbs alike into bastions of new ethnic economic activity.
Examining the essential role of space in assisting and modifying
ethnic business activity, this book considers how ethnic economies
are reshaping the urban landscape in the United States, Britain,
Australia, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Each chapter explores the
significance of urban space and local context in the development of
an ethnic economy and how, in turn, ethnic economies have helped to
recreate urban neighborhoods. With its international scope and rich
case studies, this book will be invaluable for scholars and
students alike in the fields of ethnic studies, urban studies,
economic development, geography, and sociology.
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