Mark J. Miller, Hein De Haas, Stephen Castles

The Age of Migration

International Population Movements in the Modern World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

International migration is an ever-morecentral aspect of globalization in the contemporary world. The 4th edition of the leading text in the field has been completely recast and updated to provide a comprehensive assessment of the nature, extent and dimensions of international population movements and of their consequences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Springer, Berlin
• 5th ed.
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 651g
• ISBN-13: 9780230355774
• ISBN-10: 0230355773
• Artikelnr.: 39185630

Autorenporträt

Stephen Castles is Research Professor of Sociology, University of Sydney, Australia and Associate Director at the International Migration Institute (IMI), University of Oxford, UK.

Hein de Haas is co-director of the International Migration Institute (IMI) of the University of Oxford, UK and Honorary Professor in Migration and Development at Maastricht University, Netherlands.

Mark J. Miller is Emma Smith Morris Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- 1. Theories of Migration.- 2. How Migration Transforms Societies.- 3. International Migration before 1945.- 4. Migration to Europe since 1945.- 5. Migration in the Americas.- 6. Migration in the Asia Pacific Region.- 7. Migration in Africa and the Middle East.- 8. Migration, Security and Climate Change.- 9. The State and International Migration: The Quest for Control.- 10. Migrants and Minorities in the Labour Force.- 11. New Ethnic Minorities and Society.- 12. Immigrant Politics.- 13. Migration in the 21st Century.