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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

1. Making sense of global migration -- 2. Global migration in historical perspective -- 3. Migrant labour in the economy -- 4. Migration and development -- 5. Refugees -- 6. Immigation control and border politics -- 7. The politics of citizenship and integration -- 8. Migrant identities, mobilizations, and place-making practices.

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.

Migration is an important social and historical reality in South Asia. In the past decade, migration from one country to another and internal migration (i.e. migration within a particular country) have assumed different dimensions for people in the region. Contemporary research on migration is placed in a spectrum that ranges from exponents of economic benefits at one end, to those who see migration as a security threat, at the other. This paper combines the work of three researchers and looks at the different political locations from which the South Asian subject is induced to move. It also discusses the economic and political implications that arise from these migration trajectories. Drawing on their research, the authors emphasise the need for understanding how migration is linked to a complex set of processes that reflect power relations in unequal societies.

The general motivation for this paper is the current interest in globalization as a phenomenon that strongly affects the conditions of local economic development. Our purpose is to contribute to some of the current development aspects, in particular those that foster the evolution of entrepreneurs in local-global processes. We present four eras of globalization, in recent decades and which have been described as different aspects of globalization are not new at all. In conclusion, we stress that those global patterns of change that are observed, and reported in the media and by social scientists are the result of innumerable local processes driven by economic, political and social entrepreneurs in localities, regions, and nations all around the globe. ; QC 20120210

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.

Farneti highlights phenomena that political scientists have consistently failed to notice, such as reciprocal imitation as the fundamental cause of human discord, the mechanisms of spontaneous polarization in human conflicts (i.e., the emergence of dyads or "doubles"), and the strange and ever-growing resemblance of the mimetic rivals, which is precisely what pushes them to annihilate each other--Provided by publisher

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction: Reflecting on the Practice of Migration in Africa -- Extant Culture of Migration in Africa: Juxtaposing Pre-Modern Practice with Contemporary Pattern -- Theoretical and Conceptual Discourse on Migration Processes in Africa -- Theoretical Synthesis -- Research Design and Sources of Data -- Socio-Historical Undertones of African Transnationalism -- Migration Network and Patterns in African Context -- Role of Identity in African Migration -- Why Budding Preference for Transnational Migration in a Globalizing African Society? -- References -- 2: Failed Governance: The Foundation of a Culture of Irregular Migration in Twenty-First-Century Africa -- Manifestations of Failed/Failing Governance Structure in Africa -- Corruption: An Outcome of Failed Governance and a Stimulator of Irregular Migrations in Africa -- Conflicts and Rising Cases of Human Displacement in Africa -- Humanitarian Crisis as a Factor of Irregular Migration in Africa -- Social Injustice and Economic Deprivation as Factors of Irregular Migrations in Africa -- Poor Development Initiatives as Precursors of Irregular Migrations in Africa -- Regional Free Movement Protocol and Failing/Failed National Governance in Africa -- References -- 3: African Demographic Dividend, Migration-Development Nexus and Global Economic Reality -- The Nature of Migration Crises in a Globalizing African Society -- Youth Unemployment and Challenge of Irregular Migration in Africa -- Unstructured Transnational Migration as Inevitable Alternative to Economic Deprivation Among African Youth -- Regional Integration in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities -- 'Open Border' Policy as Remedy for Unstructured Transnational Mobility of African Youth -- Migration-Development Nexus: Transnationalism as a Win-Win Scenario.

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.

Using real-world examples and in-depth case studies, Forced Migration and Global Politics systematically applies International Relations theory to explore the international politics of forced migration. Provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the main debates and concepts in international relations and examines their relevance for understanding forced migrationUtilizes a wide-range of real-world examples and in-depth case studies, including the harmonization of EU asylum and immigration policy and the securitization of asylum since 9/11Explores the relevance of cutting-edg