Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Notes on the contributors
Introduction to the second edition
	Reference
Introduction to the first edition
	Central themes
	A conceptual focus
	The book’s organization
	References
PART I: Theories and histories of international migration
	Economic and psychological overview chapters
	Economic approaches
	Psychological approaches
	Historical approaches by world region
	Reference
	Chapter 1: Economic perspectives on migration
		Introduction
		Theories of the initiating forces of migration?
		Theories about the self-perpetuating mechanisms of migration
		An alternative economic perspective on the empirical literature: an example of migrant remittances
		Summary
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 2: Psychological acculturation: perspectives, principles, processes, and
prospects
		Introduction
		Acculturation: a group and individual phenomenon
		Psychological acculturation
		Processes in psychological acculturation
		Risks and rewards in psychological acculturation
		Policy implications of psychological acculturation
		Future directions in psychological acculturation research
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 3: European migration history
		Introduction
		The mobility transition
		Seasonal migrants
		Colonization
		Moves to the city
		Soldiers
		Settlement processes
		Further reading
	Chapter 4: Migration history in the Americas
		The peopling of the Americas
		Conquest,coercion, and colonization: early modern histories of Atlantic empire-building, 1492–1776
		To populate is to govern: nation states confront settlers and labor migrants from Europe and Asia, 1776–1940
		Refugees,exiles, and job-seekers in the contemporary Americas
		Further reading
	Chapter 5: Asian migration in the longue durée
		Early human movement
		States, agriculture and armies
		Eurasian exchange
		Early modern mobility
		The creation of Asia, 1840–1940
		Into the present
		References
	Chapter 6: A brief history of African migration
		The beginnings of migration in Africa
		Trans-Saharan movement
		Trading networks within and outside of Africa
		Forced migration within and outside of Africa
		Other pre-colonial movement
		Colonial migration
		Colonial migration into Africa
		Migration within Africa since independence
		Migration out of Africa
		Conclusion
		Further reading
PART II: Displacement, refugees and forced migration
	References
	Chapter 7: Forced migrants: exclusion, incorporation and a moral economy of deservingness
		Introduction
		Theoretical orientations
		Toward an integrated theoretical orientation
		Forced migration, deservingness and the limits of compassion
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 8: Refugees and geopolitical conflicts
		Disaster, flight, and refuge
		Expulsion
		Displacement
		Flight
		Considerations
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 9: Country of first asylum
		Introduction
		What is asylum?
		Co-construction of state and statelessness
		Refugee as a social category
		Durability
		Conclusion and future directions
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 10: Displacement, refugees, and forced migration in the MENA region: the case of Syria
		Introduction
		Contemporary dynamics of the MENA region: root causes, proximate conditions and intervening factors
		Root causes: economic dynamics
		Proximate conditions: the political dimension of forced migration
		The case of Syria
		Conclusion: research gaps and areas for further investigation
		References
	Chapter 11: Climate change and human migration: constructed vulnerability, uneven flows, and the challenges of studying environmental migration in the 21st century
		Introduction
		A brief note on terminology
		The challenges of measuring climate migration (and why it is time to stop pursuing the one big number)
		Who is affected? Climate change, constructed vulnerability and migration
		Amplified and uneven flows: people on the move
		Continued vulnerability: environmental migration and the growth of slums
		Conclusion
		References
PART III: Migrants in the economy
	Chapter 12: Unions and immigrants
		Introduction
		Unions and immigrants in the United States: survival over solidarity
		Unions’ reluctance, immigrants’ willingness
		Immigrants’ contributions to the labor movement
		Unionization, Americanization, and whiteness
		Organizing immigrant workers
		Union campaigns
		The undocumented and the law
		The failure of an enforcement-only border policy
		Immigrants and unions in Europe
		Inclusion over exclusion
		Rising anti-immigrant tide
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 13: Immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship
		Introduction
		Conceptualizing immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship
		The benefits of entrepreneurship
		Entrepreneurship and assimilation
		Entrepreneurship and racialized incorporation
		New directions in immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship research
		References
	Chapter 14: High-skilled migration
		Introduction
		Government approaches to high-skilled migration
		Skills within the migration and development debate
		Skills within the integration debate
		Conclusion, or what is high-skilled migration after all?
		Note
		References
	Chapter 15: Immigration and the informal economy
		Introduction
		Defining the informal economy
		Why do people engage in informal activities?
		Sectors and occupational niches of informal activities
		Measurement of informal activities: paucity of data
		Concluding remarks
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 16: Vulnerability to exploitation and human trafficking: a multi-scale review of risk
		Introduction
		Definitions and terms
		Risk of human trafficking and exploitation
		Conclusions and directions forward
		Notes
		References
PART IV: Intersecting inequalities in the lives of migrants
	Chapter 17: The changing configuration of migration and race
		Introduction
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 18: Nativism: a global-historical perspective
		What is nativism?
		Historical nativism: defining “us” and targeting the “Other”
		Racism and xenophobia
		Islamophobia
		The politics of nativism: nationalism, populism, authoritarianism
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 19: Gender and migration: uneven integration
		Introduction
		The evolution of gender analysis in migration studies
		Studies of gender and labor migration
		Gender relations in migrant families and social networks
		Citizenship, transnationalism and borders
		Gender and dynamism in migration scholarship
		References
	Chapter 20: Sexualities and international migration
		Introduction
		Emerging areas of research
		Juggling contradictory mandates
		References
	Chapter 21: Migrants and indigeneity: nationalism, nativism and the politics of place
		Introduction
		Autochthony
		Neo-racism and the conflation between migration and colonialism
		Against nationalism
		Note
		References
PART V: Creating and recreating community and group identity
	Chapter 22: Panethnicity
		Panethnic organizing and racialization
		Panethnicity and internal diversities
		Individual panethnicity
		Panethnicity in transnational context
		Challenges and possibilities
		References
	Chapter 23: Understanding ethnicity from a community perspective
		The ethnic community revisited
		The dynamics of ethnic capital for community building: old Chinatowns v. new Chinese ethnoburbs
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 24: Religion on the move: the place of religion in different stages of the migration experience
		Religion and the migration undertaking
		Religion and the immigrant experience
		Religion and transnationalism
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 25: Condemned to a protracted limbo? Refugees and statelessness in the age of terrorism
		Introduction
		Essentializing and essentialized categories
		Massive displacement: global humanitarian crisis
		Stateless: de jure statelessness
		Refugees: de facto statelessness, international obligations, failures and policy proposals
		Intertwined fates: the globally stateless and the search for humane immigration policies at a global scale
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 26: Reclaiming the black and Asian journeys: a comparative perspective on culture, class, and immigration
		Introduction
		Tackling the puzzle: culture, class, and mode of incorporation
		Black counts: immigration and race reconsidered
		The Asian miracle reconsidered
		The black model minority
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
PART VI: Migrants and social reproduction
	Chapter 27: Immigrant and refugee language policies, programs, and practices in an era of change: promises, contradictions, and possibilities
		Introduction
		Immigrants’ and refugees’ integration: a status report
		Language policies and programs for immigrants and refugees: promises, contradictions, and constraints
		Monolingual linguistic citizenship for multilingual newcomers
		Market-oriented immigration policy and basic language skills training
		Normalized language teaching and structural barriers
		Conclusions and implications
		References
	Chapter 28: Immigrant intermarriage
		Theoretical notes on immigrant intermarriage
		Methodological innovations and limitations
		Empirical claims about immigrant intermarriage
		International focus
		The future of immigrant intermarriage
		References
	Chapter 29: International adoption
		Introduction
		A history of transnational adoption
		Adoptees versus other immigrants
		Critiques of adoption
		Racial, cultural and national belonging
		The language of kinship
		References
PART VII: Migrants and the state
	Chapter 30: Undocumented (or unauthorized) immigration
		Undocumented immigration in historical context
		Current trends and estimates
		Effects of undocumented status
		Discussion/conclusion
		References
	Chapter 31: Detention and deportation
		Introduction
		History of immigration detention and deportation
		Research on immigration detention
		The consequences of deportation
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References and further reading
	Chapter 32: Naturalization and nationality: community, nation-state and global explanations
		Introduction
		The extent and measurement of naturalization and nationality rates
		Individual, community and ethnographic studies of naturalization
		Nation-state explanations of naturalization
		Comparative and global approaches to naturalization
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 33: Asian migrations and the evolving notions of national community
		Asia on the move
		Diversity and multiculturalism in Asia
		Evolving state–diaspora relations
		National identity, deterritorialization and transnationalism
		Conclusion: national community—where is it?
		References
	Chapter 34: Immigration and education
		Historical and intellectual development
		Major claims and developments
		Main critiques
		Continued relevance of the issue
		Future developments
		References
	Chapter 35: Emigration and the sending state
		Introduction
		Historical overview
		Development and migration in sending countries
		Human capital flight and circulation
		Political opposition from abroad: the role of exiles
		Extraterritorial citizenship
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 36: International migration and the welfare state: connections and extensions
		Introduction
		Background
		Does immigration inhibit social cohesion?
		How do welfare policies influence immigrants’ lives?
		Incorporating global change
		Turning the mirror: mainstream reactions and the role of race and ethnicity
		Concluding thoughts
		References
	Chapter 37: Immigration and crime and the criminalization of immigration
		Immigration and crime: public perceptions and empirical realities
		Crimmigration and the immigration industrial complex
		Conclusion
		References
PART VIII: Maintaining links across borders
	Chapter 38: The historical, cultural, social, and political backgrounds of ethno-national diasporas
		Working definition
		Approaches to the study of diasporas
		The actual historical backgrounds of current diasporas
		The cultural, social, political and economic backgrounds
		Conclusions
		Note
		Further reading
	Chapter 39: Transnationalism
		Introduction
		Initial conceptualizations
		Open and contested questions
		Outlook: beyond methodological nationalism and groupism
		References
	Chapter 40: Survival or incorporation? Immigrant (re)integration after deportation
		Introduction
		Current patterns of immigration enforcement
		Contexts of reception
		The new American diaspora: theoretical and methodological approaches to deportation
		Areas for future investigation
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 41: Return migration
		Theories of return migration?
		Return migration in historical context
		Return migration that is not a return
		Working and returning
		Transnationalism and return migration
		Emerging themes
		Return migration: a contradictory story
		Notes
		References
PART IX: Methods for studying international migration
	Chapter 42: Census analysis
		Introduction
		Data, questions, and issues
		Analyzing migration from censuses
		Addressing gaps, managing controversies, and future policies
		References
	Chapter 43: Binational migration surveys: representativeness, standardization, and the ethnosurvey model
		Introduction
		Migration process and migration outcomes
		A binational approach to the study of Mexico–U.S. migration
		Criticisms of survey standardization
		Standardization and the ethnosurvey
		Other studies based on bi- or multinational approaches
		Two recent developments
		References
	Chapter 44: Interviewing immigrants and refugees: reflexive engagement with research subjects
		Introduction
		Interview methods
		Applications to immigrant and refugee interviews
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	Chapter 45: Using photography in studies of international migration
		Introduction
		Applications of photography in studies of international migration
		Photo voice and reflexive documentaries
		Photographic evidence and analysis in migration research
		Limitations on the use of photography in migration studies
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 46: Comparative methodologies in the study of migration
		Why compare?
		What to compare?
		How to compare
		In conclusion
		Notes
		References
Index