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In early April of 1888, sixteen-year-old Mary Ann Donovan stood alone on the quays of Queenstown in county Cork waiting to board a ship for Boston in far-off America. She was but one of almost 700,000 young, usually unmarried women, traveling alone, who left their homes in Ireland during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in a move unprecedented in the annals of European emigration. Using a wide variety of sources -- many of which appear here for the first time -- including personal reminiscences, interviews, oral histories, letter, and autobiographies as well as data from Irish

"Scholarship on ethnicity in modern Latin America has traditionally understood the region's various societies as fusions of people of European, indigenous, and/or African descent. These are often deployed as stable categories, with European or "white" as a monolith against which studies of indigeneity or blackness are set. The role of post-independence immigration from eastern and western Europe-as well as from Asia, Africa, and other Latin-American countries-in constructing the national ethnic landscape remains understudied. The contributors of this volume focus their attention on Jewish, Arab, non-Latin European, Asian, and Latin American immigrants and their experiences in their "new" homes. Rejecting exceptionalist and homogenizing tendencies within immigration history, contributors advocate instead an approach that emphasizes the locally- and nationally-embedded nature of ethnic identification"--

Cover -- Author Bio -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures and Charts -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Geography of Highly Skilled Arab Migration -- Chapter 3. Highly Skilled Migrants in the Arab Mediterranean: Who, Why and What is to be Done -- Chapter 4. Highly Skilled Migration into, through and from the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 5. Highly Skilled Diaspora Knowledge Transfers: TOKTEN in the Arab World -- Chapter 6. Young and Highly Skilled: Emigration from Lebanon -- Chapter 7. Legal and Regulatory Framework of Highly Skilled Migration: The Case of the Palestinian Authority -- Chapter 8. Jordan, a Land of No Return? Highly Skilled Migration, before and during the Arab Spring -- Chapter 9. Highly Skilled Migration and Development in Egypt -- Chapter 10. The Socio-Political Framework of Highly Skilled Migration in Tunisia -- Chapter 11. Highly Skilled Migration: Morocco -- Chapter 12. Algerian Highly Skilled Migration: The Aetiology of a Disaster -- Chapter 13. The Arab Spring and Sudan Brain Drain -- Chapter 14. Highly Skilled Migration from Mauritania: Socio-Political Aspects and Questions -- Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

South Koreans and the Australian migration market -- Koreans in the global market for migration -- The changing politics of immigration in Australia -- Connection without exit -- One community, multiple voices -- Loyalty and partial reciprocity -- Conclusions.

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Contextualizing Immigration Using Bioecological Systems Theory -- Context of Immigration -- Book Overview -- References -- Chapter 2: "Location, Location, Location": Contextualizing Chinese Families in Four Geolocations -- The Fluidity Among the Chronosystem, Exosystems, and Macrosystems: History and Modern States -- Brief Overview of the Bioecological Model -- The Macrosystem: Traditional Values, Family, and Gender Roles -- Influences of Social Change on Contemporary Families -- Gender Equality in Families -- Equal Access to Education -- Fertility Patterns and Family Planning Policies -- The Challenges of Assessing Exo- and Macro-Level Factors -- Micro-Level Findings: Chinese Families of Today -- Conclusions -- References -- Part I: Person -- Chapter 3: Using an Ecological Framework to Contextualize the Bicultural Experiences and Identity of Asian Indian Immigrant Mothers and Their Children -- Patterns of Immigration and Demographics of Asian Indians in the United States -- Acculturation and Identity Development in the Context of Ecological Systems Framework -- Parents and Children's Cultural Identity in Asian Indian Immigrant Families -- Present Study -- Method -- Participants -- Procedure -- Measures -- Data Analysis -- Results -- Descriptions of the Microsystem -- Cultural Identity Narratives -- Mothers' Descriptions of the School-Aged Child's Identity -- Discussion -- Limitations and Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 4: Identity and Belonging: The Role of the Mesosystem in the Adaptation of Russian-Speaking Immigrant Youth in Canada -- Russian-Speaking Immigrants -- Ethnic Identity -- Sense of Belonging -- The Role of Context -- Methods -- Participants -- Procedures -- Results -- The Role of Parents -- Ethnic/Cultural Enclaves -- Friendships and Peer Groups.

Featuring contributions by experts from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds including economics, political science and law, this edited volume offers a timely examination of the complexities surrounding modern globalization.

The Refugees and Human Rights Series aims to meet the increasing need for literature which probes the nature and causes of forced migration, the modalities and procedures employed when refugees present themselves, and the manner in which the human rights of refugees are, or should be, promoted and protected. The series published one volume over the last 5 years

"Throughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to migrate will only increase. Exceptional People looks at the profound advantages that such dynamics will have for countries and migrants the world over. Challenging the received wisdom that a dramatic growth in migration is undesirable, the book proposes new approaches for governance that will embrace this international mobility. The authors explore the critical role of human migration since humans first departed Africa some fifty thousand years ago -- how the circulation of ideas and technologies has benefited communities and how the movement of people across oceans and continents has fueled economies. They show that migrants in today's world connect markets, fill labor gaps, and enrich social diversity. Migration also allows individuals to escape destitution, human rights abuses, and repressive regimes. However, the authors indicate that most current migration policies are based on misconceptions and fears about migration's long-term contributions and social dynamics. Future policies, for good or ill, will dramatically determine whether societies can effectively reap migration's opportunities while managing the risks of the twenty-first century. A guide to vigorous debate and action, Exceptional People charts the past and present of international migration and makes practical recommendations that will allow everyone to benefit from its unstoppable future growth"--Provided by publisher.

The purpose of this book to give a voice to nameless and countless stories that represent the personal lived experiences of Sub-Saharan African immigrants in the US. The authors believe that telling our own stories from our own perspectives is important and empowering because when others tell our stories there are omissions and misrepresentations and a lot of stereotyping. This book seeks to produce a more specific description of Sub-Saharan African immigration in the US by recording our reflections, experiences, and strategies of coping, as well as those of the participants. We hope that the insights gained from the research in this book will be used by immigrant communities, academic institutions, and governmental agencies in advocating for immigration policies that positively impact the lived experiences of Sub-Saharan African immigrants, and in planning support interventions.

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Migration has assumed growing significance in the global development agenda as its potential for economic and social development is increasingly acknowledged. Within the Africa context, perceptions of migration as a negative phenomenon have shifted to recognition of its central role to Africa's transformation. Despite this shift, emerging migration dynamics have not been adequately contextualized and conceptualized, making it difficult to integrate migration into development planning processes. This book attempts to fill the gaps in migration knowledge production, particularly from the perspectives of researchers in the global south and more specifically from Ghana. The chapters provide multi disciplinary perspectives in the contemporary migration landscape in Ghana and Africa. Rather than focus on migration as a problem to be solved, the chapters explore migration as an intrinsic part of the broader processes of structural change in Ghana, which could create opportunities for development if properly harnessed. This reader is an essential resource for migration and development researchers, students, policy makers, practitioners and others interested in the field of development.