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"Global Migration provides a clear, concise, and well-organized discussion of historical patterns and contemporary trends of migration, while guiding the readers through an often difficult and politicised topic. Aimed primarily at undergraduate and Master's students, the text encourages the readers to reflect on economic processes, politics, immigrant lives and raises debates about inclusion, exclusion, and citizenship. The text critically highlights the global character of contemporary migration and the importance of historical context to current processes and emphasises the role of gender, race and national ideologies in shaping migration experiences. Using over a decade of their own insight into teaching undergraduate migration courses in the US and the UK, and the knowledge and understanding of the subject they have acquired as migration researchers, the authors offer an accessible and student-friendly manner for readers to understand and explore the complex issue of migration. The book features numerous international case studies, a chapter dedicated to the perspective of the immigrants themselves, as well as key terms and further readings at the end of each chapter. Both theoretically and empirically informed Global Migration examines the subject in a holistic and expansive way. It will equip students with an understanding of the complex issues of migration and serve as a guide for instructors in structuring their courses and in identifying important bodies of scholarly research on migration issues."--Publisher's website

"This new, fully updated edition of Global Migration provides students with a thorough and grounded understanding of multiple dimensions of migration, including labour markets, citizenship, border control, integration, and identity. Written by two geographers, the book incorporates insights from across the social sciences and is accessible to students in many disciplines. Providing a useful and timely introduction to migration, the textbook addresses migration in a holistic way and equips students with the tools they need to participate in contemporary debates about migration in sending and destination contexts. It conveys to students that the causes and effects of migration are geographically specific and contingent upon class, race, gender, and other markers of social difference. Rather than identifying simple solutions to migration 'problems', the book encourages students to think about unauthorized migration, asylum, refugee resettlement, labour migration, and other forms of mobility (and immobility) from different vantage points. Global Migration serves as the go-to book for teaching advanced undergraduate and Master's-level students about the complexities of migration across nation-state borders"--

The migration-displacement nexusA" is a new concept intended to capture the complex and dynamic interactions between voluntary and forced migration, both internally and internationally. Besides elaborating a new concept, this volume has three main purposes: the first is to focus empirical attention on previously understudied topics, such as internal trafficking and the displacement of foreign nationals, using case studies including Afghanistan and Iraq; the second is to highlight new challenges, including urban displacement and the effects of climate change; and the third is to explore gaps in current policy responses and elaborate alternatives for the future.

Global migration and refugees / Kibreab Habtemichael and Angelika Groterath -- Preventing human trafficking and smuggling of migrants, prosecuting perpetrators, and protecting victims : with a special focus on the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime / Cristina Albertin -- The challenges of social assimilation of migrants in South Africa / Melvin Diedericks -- The others : social distance between Macedonian and Albanian students / Viviana Langher, Sofija Arnaudova Gerogievska and Goran Ajdinski -- Refugees in their own country : internally displaced persons in Ukraine / Ruslan Zhylenko -- Cultural adaptation of relocated ethnic minority villagers in China's Enshi Prefecture / Lindon Yang, Daniel Leitch, and Chuan Tian -- Mobilizing empathy : how psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically based social work can contribute to the current refugee crisis / Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber and Katrin Luise Laezer -- Challenges and opportunities / Kibreab Habtemichael and Angelika Groterath.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Reflecting on the Practice of Migration in Africa -- Chapter 2. Failed Governance: The Foundation of a Culture of Irregular Migration in 21st Century Africa -- Chapter 3. African Demographic Dividend, Migration-Development Nexus and Global Economic Reality -- Chapter 4. Contextualizing the Humanistic Interventions of State and Non-State Actors in the Migration Crises -- Chapter 5. The Improbable and the Sustainable Remedies -- Chapter 6. The Future of Migration in (and beyond) Africa -- Chapter 7. Concluding Comments.

Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A New (Mimetic) Paradigm for Our Postsacrificial Times -- Chapter 2. The Mimetic Context of the "New Wars� -- Chapter 3. Cleavage Lines in Global Politics -- Chapter 4. A Mimetic Perspective on Conflict Resolution -- Chapter 5. A Political Theology of the Empty Tomb -- Epilogue. A Genealogy of "Planetary Reciprocity� -- Notes -- References -- Index

Over the last 20 years, developments in climatology have provided an amazing array of explanations for the pattern of world climates. This textbook, first published in 2006, examines the earth's climate systems in light of this incredible growth in data availability, data retrieval systems, and satellite and computer applications. It considers regional climate anomalies, developments in teleconnections, unusual sequences of recent climate change, and human impacts upon the climate system. The physical climate forms the main part of the book, but it also considers social and economic aspects of the global climate system. This textbook has been derived from the authors' extensive experience of teaching climatology and atmospheric science. Each chapter contains an essay by a specialist in the field to enhance the understanding of selected topics. An extensive bibliography is included and lists of websites for further study. This textbook will be invaluable to advanced students of climatology and atmospheric science.

The intertidal zone of the Northeast Atlantic region : pattern and Process / Stephen J. Hawkins ... [et al.] -- The ecology of the rocky subtidal habitats of the Northeast Atlantic / Keith Hiscock, Hartvig Christie and Trine Bekkby -- Rocky intertidal shores of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean / Steven R. Dudgeon and Peter S. Petraitis -- Subtidal rocky shores of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean : the complex ecology of a simple ecosystem / Ladd E. Johnson, Kathleen A. MacGregor, Carla A. Narvàez and Thew S. Suskiewicz -- Shallow water muddy sands of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean : latitudinal patterns in interactions and processes / Sarah A. Woodin, Susan S. Bell, Jon Grant, Paul V R. Snelgrove and David S. Wethey -- Biodiversity and interactions on the intertidal rocky shores of Argentina (Southwest Atlantic) / Maria Gabriela Palomo, Maria Bagur, Sofia Calla, Maria Cecilia Dalton, Sabrina Andrea Soria and Stephen J. Hawkins -- Species interactions and regime shifts in intertidal and subtidal rocky reefs of the Mediterranean Sea / Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Laura Airoldi, Fabio Bulleri, Simonetta Fraschetti and Antonio Terlizzi -- The restructuring of Levant reefs by aliens, ocean warming and overfishing : implications to species interactions and ecosystem functions / Gil Rilov, Ohad Peleg and Tamar Guy-Haim -- Northeast Pacific : interactions on intertidal hard substrata and alteration by human impacts / Phillip B. Fenberg and Bruce A. Menge -- The Northeast Pacific : interactions on subtidal hard substrata / Eliza C. Heery and Kenneth P. Sebens -- Consumer-resource interactions on an environmental mosaic : the role of top down and bottom-up forcing of ecological interactions along the rocky shores of the temperate Eastern Pacific / Moisés A. Aguilera, Bernardo R. Broitman, Julio A. Vásquez and Patricio A. Camus -- Where three oceans meet : state of the art and developments in Southern African coastal marine biology / Christopher D. McQuaid and Laura K. Blamey -- Rocky shores of mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong : past, present and future / Gray A. Williams, Benny K.K. Chan and Yun-Wei Dong -- Biogeographic comparisons of pattern and process on intertidal rocky reefs of New Zealand and Southeastern Australia / David R. Schiel, A.J. Underwood and M. Gee Chapman -- The past and future ecologies of Australasian kelp forests / Sean D. Connell, Adriana Vergés, Ivan Nagelkerken, Bayden D. Russell, Nick Shears, Thomas Wernberg and Melinda A. Coleman -- Kropotkin's garden : facilitation in mangrove ecosystems / Mark Huxham, Uta Berger, Martin W. Skov and Wayne P. Sousa -- Biofilms in intertidal habitats / Hanna Schuster, Mark S. Davies, Stephen J. Hawkins, Richard J. Murphy, Richard C. Thompson and A.J. Underwood -- Interactions in the deep sea / A. Louise Allcock and Mark P. Johnson -- Overview and synthesis / Stephen J. Hawkins, Katrin Bohn, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Gray A. Williams, David R. Schiel, Stuart R. Jenkins and Louise B. Firth.

1. Introduction / Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough -- 2. Globalization and the emergence of the entrepreneurial society / David B. Audretsch. -- 3. New firm formation and economic development in a globalizing economy / Sierdjan Koster and Charlie Karlsson -- 4. Entrepreneurship and local growth : a comparison of the US and Sweden / Benny Borgman and Pontus Braunerhjelm -- 5. Gibrat's law reconsidered : a creativity perspective / Zoltan J. Acs and Catherine Armington -- 6. International linkages and entrepreneurship in media clusters : evidence from the UK / Gary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit -- 7. Household migration and attractiveness in consumer service supply / Charlotta Mellander and Johanna Palmberg -- 8. Knowledge intensive business services as gazelles : implications of size on innovation / Johanna Nählinder -- 9. The community entrepreneur as a facilitator of local economic development / Lars Rønning, Elisabet Ljunggren and Johan Wiklund -- 10. Innovation and entrepreneurship in Danish regional policy / Andreas P. Cornett -- 11. Modeling just-in-time manufacturing in a vertically integrated industry / Ho Yeon Kim -- 12. The innovation and productivity effect of foreign takeover of national assets / Börje Johansson, Hans Lööf and Bernd Ebersberger -- 13. Creative industries and regional economic development - the example of public supported regional film centres in Sweden per assmo -- 14. Local patterns of growth in a global perspective : a territorial scenario of an enlarged Europe / Roberta Capello.

A new introduction to contemporary nationhood that sets it apart from national identity, nationalism and diversityDrawing on extensive research in transnationalism and ethnic conflict around the world, Raymond Taras introduces the concepts of nation and nationalism as they now stand in light of major demographic changes brought about by global migration. The result is a framework for understanding the emergence of postmodern nationhood in the era of globalisation and beyond.Based on rich case studies of immigration worldwide, Taras shows that nationhood occurs when the receiving state negotiates ethnic differences to form a natural bond with immigrants, rather than insisting on blind loyalty to the majority culture. The goal is a broad, value-added society of diverse peoples and successful prevention of criminality, ghettoisation, extremism and even radicalisation through reasonable immigrant integration.Key FeaturesIntroduces the schools, tools and concepts needed to understand nationalismCovers both classic foundational theories and more recent theories of nationalism and national identityIncludes chapter-length case studies of 6 countries: America, Russia, India, Britain, South Africa and PeruEngages both theoretically and empirically with the study of nationalism todayShows the impact of immigration and globalisation on nationalism and national identity