New Diasporas

The Mass Exodus, Dispersal And RegroupingofMigrant Communities
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-1-85728-838-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

Reihe: Global Diasporas

First published in 1998. This book charts the connections between migrations crises and the formation and demise transnational communities, looking at 10 contemporary migration crises around the world, in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Central America and the Caribbean. It examines the factors that are accelerating- and constraining- the growth of the transnational communities in an ever more volatile world migration order.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Van Hear, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Explaining migration crises; diasporas in the making - force, choice and agency; migration crises in Africa and the Middle East; migration crises in Asia, Europe, Central America and the Caribbean; the character of migration crises; consequences of migration crises; diasporas made and diasporas un-made; migrants and hosts, transnationals and stayers.

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas Van Hear is Senior Researcher at the Refugee Studies Programme, Queen Elizabeth House, the University of Oxford. He has written widely on refugee and migration issues, covering developments in Africa, Europe, The Middle East and Asia.