Social Transformation and Migration: National and Local Experiences in South Korea, Turkey, Mexico and Australia

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
International Human Mobility: Key Issues and Challenges to Social Theory....Pages 3-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Towards a Multi-scalar Methodology: The Challenges of Studying Social Transformation and International Migration....Pages 17-32
The Virtues and Challenges of Comparative Analyses of Immigration, Migrant Settlement and Transnationalism....Pages 33-44
The Temporalities of International Migration: Implications for Ethnographic Research....Pages 45-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
The Political Economy of Immigration in South Korea....Pages 63-79
An Overview of International Migration to South Korea....Pages 81-95
From Salt Fields to ‘Multicultural Village Special Zone’: The Transformation of a Migrant City in South Korea....Pages 97-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Migration Realities and State Responses: Rethinking International Migration Policies in Turkey....Pages 115-131
Turkey’s Neoliberal Transformation and Changing Migration Regime: The Case of Female Migrant Workers....Pages 133-150
Migration Flows in Turkey’s Neoliberal Era: The Case of Kumkapı, Istanbul....Pages 151-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
From Casa Blanca to Tulsa: A Social Transformation Analysis of Mexican Migration in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization....Pages 169-184
The Return of Migrants in the USA to Mexico: Impacts and Challenges for Zacatecas....Pages 185-200
Unravelling Highly Skilled Migration from Mexico in the Context of Neoliberal Globalization....Pages 201-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
‘In the beginning all is chaos …’: Roaming the Dystopic Realm in Australian Multiculturalism....Pages 221-236
Multiculturalism at the Margins of Global Sydney: Cacophonous Diversity in Fairfield, Australia....Pages 237-254
The Political Economy of the Social Transformation of Australian Suburbs....Pages 255-268
Law as an Agent of Social Transformation: Trends in the Legal Regulation of Migration....Pages 269-282
Generations and Change: Affinities Old and New....Pages 283-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
International Migration in an Era of Neoliberal Social Transformation....Pages 301-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-325