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Interesting and highly readable prose ...A boon to historians,
socio-logists, political scientists, and those interested in public
policy. * Choice The series is rounded off by this volume which
focuses on immigrant policy, i.e., the ensemble of institutions,
laws and social practices that are designed to facilitate the
integration of immigrants and refugees into the receiving countries
after they arrive. The chapters bring both theoretical and
empirical analysis to bear on the processes of assimilation,
migrants' development of transnational linkages, patterns of social
and economic mobility in the immigrant and second generations,
migrants' rights to public benefits and equal status, and the laws
of citizenship in the two countries. The volume is highly
interdisciplinary, drawing on the research of demographers,
lawyers, and sociologists. It is also explicitly comparative,
underscoring the similarities and differences in how the United
States and Germany conceive of the role of immigrants in their
societies and how the two nations incorporate them into civil and
political society.Introductory and concluding chapters highlight
the principal themes, findings, and policy implications of the
volume
The series is rounded off by this volume which focuses on
"immigrant" policy, i.e., the ensemble of institutions, laws and
social practices that are designed to facilitate the integration of
immigrants and refugees into the receiving countries after they
arrive. The chapters bring both theoretical and empirical analysis
to bear on the processes of assimilation, migrants' development of
transnational linkages, patterns of social and economic mobility in
the immigrant and second generations, migrants' rights to public
benefits and equal status, and the laws of citizenship in the two
countries. The volume is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on the
research of demographers, lawyers, and sociologists. It is also
explicitly comparative,underscoring the similarities and
differences in how the United States and Germany conceive of the
role of immigrants in their societies and how the two nations
incorporate them into civil and political society. Introductory and
concluding chapters highlight the principal themes, findings, and
policy implications of the volume.
Foreign policies have always played an important role in the
movements of migrants. A number of essays in this volume show how
the foreign policies of the United States and Germany have directly
or inadvertently contributed to the influx from the former
Yugoslavia, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the former Soviet Union. Now
being faced with growing resistance to admit foreigners into their
countries, both governments have once again been using
foreign-policy instruments in an effort to change the conditions in
the refugees' countries of origin which forced people to leave.
This volume addresses questions such as which policies can
influence governments to improve their human rights, protect
minorities, end internal strife, reduce the level of violence, or
improve economic conditions so that large numbers of people need
not leave their homes.
Migration in Europe is a pressing social and political issue for
the policy makers of the 1990s. Drawing upon a wide body of
knowledge, expertise and analysis, European Migration in the Late
Twentieth Century combines an important survey with a series of
detailed country studies on migration in Europe.The authoritative
overview essay by the editors examines migration to and within
Europe. They compare the flows during the last forty years with the
present situation, detailing both the magnitude and geography of
migration over this period. This is followed by thirteen individual
country studies each of which features an historical introduction
to emigration and immigration in the featured country, quantitative
data sets and a detailed assessment of the social and political
implications. These studies - specially prepared by leading
scholars - cover the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the
Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, Austria, Hungary, Poland,
Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia and the former USSR. This
comprehensive and scholarly book will be welcomed by teachers and
researchers of social sciences and history for presenting new
insights on one of the key political, social and economic issues
facing modern Europe.
With the political changes between 1989 and 1992, ethnic unmixing
and ethnic migration reached a new climax. State formation in the
aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the collapse
of Yugoslavia led to a new dynamic of interethnic relations between
majority and minority populations. The break-up of these two
multi-ethnic states created new minorities and made certain members
of the previous titular nation (eg Russians, Serbs) into ethnic
minorities. New states such as Croatia, Estonia and Macedonia were
faced with the fact that large segments of their populations
consisted of minorities. Return migration to Russia occurred when
approximately 25 million (ethnic) Russians became minorities in the
successor states of the former Soviet Union. In 20th-century Europe
overall 40 to 60 million people were transferred, resettled or
expelled as a consequence of ethnic cleansing. This work examines
the reasons for and the practice of ethnic migration and the
challenges it produces.
With the political changes between 1989 and 1992, ethnic unmixing
and ethnic migration reached a new climax. State formation in the
aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the collapse
of Yugoslavia led to a new dynamic of interethnic relations between
majority and minority populations. The break-up of these two
multi-ethnic states created new minorities and made certain members
of the previous titular nation (eg Russians, Serbs) into ethnic
minorities. New states such as Croatia, Estonia and Macedonia were
faced with the fact that large segments of their populations
consisted of minorities. Return migration to Russia occurred when
approximately 25 million (ethnic) Russians became minorities in the
successor states of the former Soviet Union. In 20th-century Europe
overall 40 to 60 million people were transferred, resettled or
expelled as a consequence of ethnic cleansing. This work examines
the reasons for and the practice of ethnic migration and the
challenges it produces.
Foreign policies have always played an important role in the
movements of migrants. A number of essays in this volume show how
the foreign policies of the United States and Germany have directly
or inadvertently contributed to the influx from the former
Yugoslavia, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the former Soviet Union. Now
being faced with growing resistance to admit foreigners into their
countries, both governments have once again been using
foreign-policy instruments in an effort to change the conditions in
the refugees' countries of origin which forced people to leave.
This volume addresses questions such as which policies can
influence governments to improve their human rights, protect
minorities, end internal strife, reduce the level of violence, or
improve economic conditions so that large numbers of people need
not leave their homes.
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