National Paradigms of Migration Research

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-89971-223-0
Verlag: V&R unipress

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 013, 325 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 760 g

Reihe: Schriften des Instituts für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien (IMIS)

The varying traditions in the migration research of different countries are closely connected to the respective national political landscape and the way in which the respective national state views itself – affirmative and positive or perhaps more self-critical. Seen side by side, much emerges to be discussed and challenged that was previously beyond doubt. The present volume introduces the reader to the traditions of migration research in twelve different countries: the more traditional immigration countries of Canada and Australia, four European countries with decades of experience (United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Netherlands), countries newer to immigration such as Italy, Poland and Japan, and finally the postcolonial countries of India, Malaysia and Nigeria. Through this comparative approach this volume presents a new approach to understanding the different research traditions. The reader is confronted with the various ways in which emigrants are included or excluded from society, thereby gaining an understanding of the existing intellectual discourses as well as learning to qualify them in the light of other solutions and traditions. Because the approaches of the respective migration research tradition are not always the same, the volume is attractive for a number of professionals: Sociologists, political scientists, ethnologists, economists, and philosophers can join together to discuss the terms migration, integration, and their relationship to social structures. This in turn challenges premises that previously were held to be a matter of course.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thränhardt, Dietrich

Bommes, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Historische Migrationsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik

Leseproben

Different national traditions of migration research are strongly connected to national narratives and patterns of policies – be it in affirmative or critical ways. In this volume, policy and research traditions in twelve countries are portrayed and discussed. Thus the volume opens the way for a critical evaluation of migration research from a comparative perspective, and beyond the limits of traditional Western discussion. We better understand the limits of different national patterns of integrating or excluding immigrants and the intellectual discourse about it if we can confront them with other paths and ideas. Since the leading disciplines in migration research vary between countries, the volume also includes inter-faculty varieties:Sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists and philosophers define migration, integration and the relationship between immigration and the structures of societies, challenging assumptions that have been considered self-evident in given national contexts.>

Über Autor(innen)

Thränhardt, Dietrich
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Thränhardt lehrte an der Universität Münster Politikwissenschaft. 2008/09 war er Fellow an der Transatlantic Academy, Washington, mit dem Arbeitsgebiet Vergleichende Politik- und Migrationsforschung.Since 2008/09, Dr. Dietrich Thränhardt, Professor emeritus for Political Science at the University of Münster, Germany, is Senior Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington D.C.

Bommes, Michael
Dr. Michael Bommes is Professor for Sociology/Methodology of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Migration Research at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at University of Osnabrück, Germany.

Prof. Dr. Dietrich Thränhardt lehrte an der Universität Münster Politikwissenschaft. 2008/09 war er Fellow an der Transatlantic Academy, Washington, mit dem Arbeitsgebiet Vergleichende Politik- und Migrationsforschung.
Since 2008/09, Dr. Dietrich Thränhardt, Professor emeritus for Political Science at the University of Münster, Germany, is Senior Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington D.C.

Dr. Michael Bommes is Professor for Sociology/Methodology of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Migration Research at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at University of Osnabrück, Germany.