Title Migrant integration in times of economic crisis : policy responses from European and North American global cities / Patrick R. Ireland

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource Series Europe in crisis Europe in crisis (Series) Contents Introduction -- Integration, Polarization, and Segregation in the Global City -- Methods -- The Global City Cases -- Conclusions Summary This book examines how the severe economic downturn following the 2007-2008 financial crisis affected the structural integration and quality of life of urban migrants in Europe and North America. It compares the experiences of migrants from Poland, Romania, Serbia, Pakistan, and Ghana in five similar, secondary global cities of Hamburg (Germany), Barcelona (Spain), Chicago (USA), Toronto (Ontario, Canada), and Montréal (Québec, Canada) over the period of 2000-2015. The work uses statistical analysis to gauge changes in residential segregation and structural integration (such as unemployment, poverty, and social assistance rates). It then provides qualitative analyses of individual city neighborhoods where the target migrant groups have settled, exploring each community's unique evolution and the ambivalent impact that local policy responses have had on their quality of life. With this study, researchers, instructors, students, and policymakers with an interest in migration, urban development, and global cities will be far more knowledgeable of both the potential and limits of policy efforts Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Cross-cultural studies Immigrants -- Europe -- Social conditions Immigrants -- North America -- Social conditions Immigrants -- Europe -- Economic conditions Immigrants -- North America -- Economic conditions Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Social aspects Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Government policy Urban policy -- Europe Urban policy -- North America Migration, immigration & emigration. Comparative politics. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Government policy Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation Immigrants -- Economic conditions Immigrants -- Social conditions Social aspects Urban policy Europe North America Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9783319581002 3319581007 331958099X 9783319580999

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