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Europe's Angry Muslimsby Robert Leiken
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.95Bombings in London, riots in Paris, terrorists in Germany, fury over mosques, veils and cartoons--such headlines underscore the tensions between Muslims and their European hosts. Did too much immigration, or too little integration, produce Muslim second-generation anger? Is that rage imported or spawned inside Europe itself? What do the conflicts between Muslims and their European hosts portend for an America encountering its own angry Muslims? Europe's Angry Muslims traces the routes, expectations and destinies of immigrant parents and the plight of their children, transporting both the general reader and specialist from immigrants' ancestral villages to their strange new-fangled enclaves in Europe. It guides readers through Islamic... more...
Media and Migrationby Russell King; Nancy Wood
Routledge 2001; US$ 158.00Using examples from a range of countries, this book illustrates how the media intervenes to affect the reception migrants receive, and how it stimulates prospective migrants to move. more...
Nationalism and National Integrationby Anthony H. Birch
Routledge 1989; US$ 52.95A concise and stimulating analysis of the theory of nationalism, and the theories, process and problems of national integration. Although nationalism is the most successful political ideology in human history, its achievement in getting the world's entire land surface divided between nation-states has led to considerable problems in integrating the ethnic and cultural minorities within these states. more...
Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in Singaporeby Michael Hill; Kwen Fee Lian
Routledge 1995; US$ 195.00The creation of a national identity has been a central feature of political life in Singapore. A broad strategy of multiculturalism together with the creation of 'Asian values' has served the purpose of building a new national identity. more...
Migrants, Minorities & Healthby Lara Marks; Michael Worboys
Routledge 1997; US$ 140.00Looking at a number of migrant and minority groups from around the world, this book examines how health issues and the construction of medical ideas have interacted with developing ideas of ethnicity and race. more...
Citizenship, Nationality and Migration in Europeby David Cesarani; Mary Fulbrook
Routledge 1996; US$ 42.95This volume draws together international experts and examines how concepts of citizenship have evolved in different countries and in varying contexts. Britain, Italy, France and Germany are focused on within a broader European context. more...
British Immigration Policy Since 1939by Ian R.G. Spencer
Routledge 1997; US$ 40.95This is the first survey of British immigration policy to include both its pre-World War II origins and its development after the crucial 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act. It provides an vital introduction to a subject of increasing popularity more...
Moving Familiesby Mary Haour-Knipe
Routledge 2000; US$ 58.95Through rich interviews conducted over a period of two years, this book shows the processes of change and adjustment at work.. The findings will be of interest to students of wider issues of migration and to those who study the family under pressure. more...
Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studiesby Bill Ashcroft; Gareth Griffiths; Helen Tiffin
Routledge 1998; US$ 19.95This volume provides an essential key to understanding the issues which characterise post-colonialism, explaining what it is, where it is encountered and why it is crucial in forging new cultural identities. As a subject, post-colonial studies stands at the intersection of debates about race, colonialism, gender, politics and language. In the language of post-colonial studies, some words are new, others are familiar words charged with new significance. more...
Women, Gender and Labour Migrationby Pamela Sharpe
Routledge 2001; US$ 196.00Approximately half of all migrants are today are female. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which attention to gender is moving debates away from old theories that have long dominated the field of migration studies. more...









