The last two decades have witnessed sweeping changes in the composition, orientation and dynamics of international migration. While it's no surprise these transformations affect societies of origin and settlement, we still seek to understand how and why they carry with them certain social challenges. Migration in a Globalised World shines a light. Ten chapters astutely present theoretical and empirical insights by experts in the fields of international migration and social cohesion, transnationalisation, the migration-development nexus and the ever-blurring categories of refugee and asylum seeker. With its broad thematic scope and lively dialogue between French, Anglo-Saxon and Northern European academic traditions, this volume offers a major new perspective to further research and, potentially, to improve the quality of life in a globalised world. This title is available in the OAPEN Library - http://www.oapen.org.
Table of Contents
Contents - 6 1. International migration in the era of globalisation: recent issues and new concerns for research - 8 2. European research on international migration and settlement of immigrants: a state of the art and suggestions for improvement - 22 3. Unacceptable realities: public opinion and the challenge of immigration in a Franco-American comparison - 42 4. Culture and politics: the Danish cartoon controversy within migration and colonial spaces - 64 5. Transnationalisation: its conceptual and empirical relevance - 80 6. The contribution of migration studies and transnationalism to the anthropological debate: a critical perspective - 108 7. New migratory configurations: transnationalism/s, diaspora/s, migratory circulation - 128 8. Migration and development over twenty years of research: progress and prospects - 146 9. International migration and territorial (re)construction: the place and role of migrants as 'frontier runners' in development - 162 10. Forced migration and asylum: stateless citizens today - 184 11. Forced migration in Africa: a new but overlooked category of refugees - 192 12. International migration in the twenty-first century: towards new research perspectives - 204 List of contributors - 214
Author Biography
Cedric Audebert is a researcher for the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), based at the University of Poitiers, France. Mohamed Kamel Dorai is a researcher for CNRS, based at the French Institute of the Near East in Damascus, Syria.
