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International Migration and Ethnic Relations : Critical Perspectives.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317655909
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 304.8
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Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction: critical perspectives on international migration and ethnic relations -- 1 Ethnicity: the complexity of boundary creation and social differentiation -- 2 Migration: sovereignty, borders and control -- 3 Diaspora: relations and communities across borders -- 4 Citizenship: rights, obligations and changing citizenship ideals -- 5 Intersectionality: manifold opportunities to grasp the complexities of inequality -- 6 Racism -- 7 Populism: protest, democratic challenge and right-wing extremism -- 8 Social exclusion: migration and social vulnerability -- 9 Labour migration and informalisation: East meets West -- Conclusion: Swedish exceptionalism and beyond -- Index.
Summary: This book is a critical contribution to the understanding of the phenomena of migration and ethnicity, from a Swedish vantage point looking outwards towards a European context. It presents current academic debates and gives a theoretical overview of nine key concepts in the field of ethnic and migrations studies, but it also exemplifies how these concepts could be used in analysing specific empirical cases. It explores the following concepts: ethnicity; migration diaspora; citizenship; intersectionality; racism; right wing populism; social exclusion; and informalisation.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction: critical perspectives on international migration and ethnic relations -- 1 Ethnicity: the complexity of boundary creation and social differentiation -- 2 Migration: sovereignty, borders and control -- 3 Diaspora: relations and communities across borders -- 4 Citizenship: rights, obligations and changing citizenship ideals -- 5 Intersectionality: manifold opportunities to grasp the complexities of inequality -- 6 Racism -- 7 Populism: protest, democratic challenge and right-wing extremism -- 8 Social exclusion: migration and social vulnerability -- 9 Labour migration and informalisation: East meets West -- Conclusion: Swedish exceptionalism and beyond -- Index.

This book is a critical contribution to the understanding of the phenomena of migration and ethnicity, from a Swedish vantage point looking outwards towards a European context. It presents current academic debates and gives a theoretical overview of nine key concepts in the field of ethnic and migrations studies, but it also exemplifies how these concepts could be used in analysing specific empirical cases. It explores the following concepts: ethnicity; migration diaspora; citizenship; intersectionality; racism; right wing populism; social exclusion; and informalisation.

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