Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 473 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Introduction. Immigration process / Uma A. Segal, Nazneen S. Mayadas, Doreen Elliott -- Immigration worldwide : trends and analysis / Doreen Elliott, Nazneen S. Mayadas, Uma A. Segal -- Nations with large immigrant populations. United States: the changing face of the United States of America / Uma A. Segal -- Russia: immigration to Russia / Vladimir Iontsev, Irina Ivakhnyuk, Irina Ivakhnyuk, Svetlana Soboleva -- Germany: immigration and integration policies and practices in Germany / Andrea Schmelz -- France: immigration to France : the challenge of immigrant integration / Ines Michalowski -- Canada: immigration to Canada / Usha George -- India: refugees and dynamics of hospitality : the Indian story / Ranabir Samaddar -- United Kingdom: immigration to the United Kingdom / Will Somerville, Betsy Cooper -- Spain: a "new immigration center" / David Corkill -- Australia: the world in one place / Mel Gray, Kylie Agllias -- Pakistan: refugee history and policies of Pakistan : an Afghan case study / Shireen S. Issa, Gail Desmond, Fariyal Rose-Sheriff |
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Nations with increasing immigrant populations. Greece: immigration to Greece : problems and prospects / Anna Triandafyllidou -- Ireland: from emigrant to immigrant society : transition and change in the Republic of Ireland / Theasa Galvin -- Israel: the new immigration to Israel : becoming a de facto immigration state in the 1990s / Rebeca Raijman, Adriana Kemp -- Poland: amorphous population movements into Poland and ensuing policy challenges / Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska, Marek Okólski -- New Zealand: changing tides in the South Pacific : immigration to Aotearoa New Zealand / Richard D. Bedford, Jacques Poot -- Portugal: immigration to Portugal / João Casqueira Cardoso -- Sweden: the immigration and integration experience : the case of Sweden / Pieter Bevelander -- Thailand: immigration to Thailand : the case of migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia / Supang Chantavanich, Ratchada Jayagupta |
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Nations with low or declining immigrant populations. Egypt: immigration to Egypt / Ayman Zohry -- Taiwan: immigration to Taiwan / Joseph S. Lee -- China: a new pole for immigration / Kim-wah Chung, Ji Qi, Wenruo Hou -- South Africa: immigration to post-apartheid South Africa : critical reflections / Brij Maharaj -- Ghana: immigration to Ghana / A. Essuman-Johnson -- Nigeria: experiences of immigrants in Nigeria / Adejumoke Alice Afolayan -- Brazil: immigration in Brazil : the insertion of different groups / Zeila de Brito Fabri Demartini -- Regional movements. African Union: return and resettlement : a survey of refugee law and policy in Africa / Andrew Joseph Novak -- European Union: immigration and the European Union / Karen Lyons, Nathalie Huegler -- Concluding chapter. Immigration worldwide : themes and issues / Doreen Elliott, Uma A. Segal, Nazneen S. Mayadas |
Summary |
This volume explores current patterns and policies of immigration in key countries and regions across the globe and analyzes the implications for these countries and their immigrant populations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Case studies
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Human beings -- Migrations -- Case studies
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Migrations of nations -- Case studies
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Human capital -- Case studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
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Human beings -- Migrations.
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Human capital.
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Migrations of nations.
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Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Segal, Uma Anand.
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Elliott, Doreen.
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Mayadas, Nazneen S. (Nazneen Sada)
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ISBN |
9780199741670 |
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0199741670 |
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9780195388138 |
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0195388135 |
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9780199863440 |
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019986344X |
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