Understanding International Migration: Social, Cultural and Historical Contexts

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Uniquely informed by a sociological perspective, this major new textbook introduces the underlying origins and consequences of international migration, placing individuals within a broader social, cultural and historical context. This comprehensive introduction analyses international migration and its effects on those who migrate, their families, and their places of origin and destination. Drawing on illustrative examples from around the world, the book covers the major theories concerning the origins of international migration and the manner, degree and consequences of migrants' incorporation into the societies to which they move. It also includes in-depth discussion of how international migration is relevant to key issues – gender, the family, and religion; the so-called refugee 'crisis' in much of the developed world; and offers insights throughout into cutting-edge research from emotions and lifestyle migration to the proliferation of digital communication technologies. This text expertly offers students the necessary skills to unpack common myths that are used to inform policy and media discourse, including abstract distinctions between 'refugee' and 'economic migrant', the complex and ambiguous nature of migrant national identity, and that while many richer countries of the world are characterized by a perceived refugee 'crisis', it is in fact poorer and developing countries that see the vast majority of the world's refugees and displaced persons.

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Uniquely informed by a sociological perspective, this major new textbook introduces the underlying origins and consequences of international migration, placing individuals within a broader social, cultural and historical context. This comprehensive introduction analyses international migration and its effects on those who migrate, their families, and their places of origin and destination. Drawing on illustrative examples from around the world, the book covers the major theories concerning the origins of international migration and the manner, degree and consequences of migrants' incorporation into the societies to which they move. It also includes in-depth discussion of how international migration is relevant to key issues - gender, the family, and religion; the so-called refugee 'crisis' in much of the developed world; and offers insights throughout into cutting-edge research from emotions and lifestyle migration to the proliferation of digital communication technologies. This text expertly offers students the necessary skills to unpack common myths that are used to inform policy and media discourse, including abstract distinctions between 'refugee' and 'economic migrant', the complex and ambiguous nature of migrant national identity, and that while many richer countries of the world are characterized by a perceived refugee 'crisis', it is in fact poorer and developing countries that see the vast majority of the world's refugees and displaced persons. Ross Bond is Senior Lecturer and Head of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.

Author Biography

Ross Bond is Senior Lecturer and Head of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Understanding the origins of international migration.- Chapter 3. Understanding Migrant Incorporation: Assimilation and Multiculturalism.- Chapter 4. Migrants' associations with their 'homelands': transnationalism, diaspora and development.- Chapter 5. Gender and migration.- Chapter 6. Migration and the Family.- Chapter 7. Religion and migration.- Chapter 8. Forced migration, refugees and displacement.- Chapter 9. Emerging Themes in International Migration.- Chapter 10. Conclusions.

Review

"This book is the culmination of that field-based research project on the 'lived experiences' of mostly Punjabi families working in the Emilia-Romagna region producing Parmesan cheese and marks a major contribution to studies on Indian emigration and more generally the literature on immigrant integration. ... There are several reasons this book breaks new ground in the vast literature on Indian migration and diaspora." (Chinmay Tumbe, The Book Review, Vol. 48 (4), April, 2024)

Feature

Unique in offering detailed coverage of gender, the family and religion within one text Genuinely global in scope, featuring empirical examples from around the world Avoids a top-down perspective to unpack the dynamics of international migration beyond policy and states

Details ISBN3031164628 Author Ross Bond Short Title Understanding International Migration Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Language English ISBN-10 3031164628 ISBN-13 9783031164620 Format Paperback Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Social, Cultural and Historical Contexts Edition 1st Country of Publication Switzerland UK Release Date 2022-12-01 Pages 232 Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-12-01 Illustrations 3 Illustrations, color; XV, 232 p. 3 illus. in color. Edition Description 1st ed. 2022 DEWEY 304.82 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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