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  • Mobility instead of exodus

    Migration and Flight in and from Africa

    by Thomas Faist, Tobias Gehring, Susanne U. Schultz ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Africa is commonly regarded as a "continent on the move" in scholarly observation and mass media reportage. Movement is seen primarily in the direction of Europe. Yet the public debate is characterized by two misconceptions. The first is that high population growth in Africa would almost automatically trigger higher international migration to the neighbouring European continent. There is even talk ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • International Migration, Immobility and Development

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Tomas Hammar, Grete Brochmann, Kristof Tamas, Thomas Faist ...
    The study of international migration and ethnic relations is rapidly expanding in the social sciences, in the humanities, and in law and medicine at universities around the world. Theories and methods are borrowed from many disciplines, but with little cross-fertilization, thereby leaving many core issues out. This authoritative book fills a gap by providing an expertly integrated overview of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Transnational Migration

    by Thomas Faist, Margit Fauser, Eveline Reisenauer ...
    Series series Immigration and Society
    Increasing interconnections between nation-states across borders have rendered the transnational a key tool for understanding our world. It has made particularly strong contributions to immigration studies and holds great promise for deepening insights into international migration.This is the first book to provide an accessible yet rigorous overview of transnational migration, as experienced by ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Citizenship

    Discourse, Theory, and Transnational Prospects

    by Peter Kivisto, Thomas Faist ...
    Series series Key Themes in Sociology
    A significant addition to the growing body of literature on citizenship, this wide-ranging overview focuses on the importance, and changing nature, of citizenship. It introduces the varied discourses and theories that have arisen in recent years, and looks toward future scholarship in the field.Offers an analytical assessment of the various thematic discourses and provides guidance in pulling ... Read more

    $32.00 USD

  • The Transnationalized Social Question

    Migration and the Politics of Social Inequalities in the Twenty-First Century

    by Thomas Faist ...
    The social question is back. Yet today's social question is not primarily between labour and capital, as it was in the nineteenth century and throughout much of the twentieth. The contemporary social question is located at the interstices between the global South and the global North. It finds its expression in movements of people, seeking a better life or fleeing unsustainable social, political, ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • The Migration-Development Nexus

    A Transnational Perspective

    by Thomas Faist, Margit Fauser, Peter Kivisto ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Dual Citizenship in Europe

    From Nationhood to Societal Integration

    Edited by Thomas Faist ...
    In an age of terrorism and securitized immigration, dual citizenship is of central theoretical and political concern. The contributors to this timely volume examine policies regarding dual citizenship across Europe, covering a wide spectrum of countries. The case studies explore the negotiated character and boundaries of political membership and the fundamental beliefs and arguments within ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Disentangling Migration and Climate Change

    Methodologies, Political Discourses and Human Rights

    Edited by Thomas Faist, Jeanette Schade ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book addresses environmental and climate change induced migration from the vantage point of migration studies, offering a broad spectrum of approaches for considering the environment/climate/migration nexus. Research on the subject is still frequently narrowed down to climate change vulnerability and the environmental push factor. The book establishes the interconnections between societal and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Transnational Social Spaces

    Agents, Networks and Institutions

    by Eyüp Özveren ...
    Series series Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series
    The ongoing processes of globalization and regionalization have drawn attention away from the traditional domains of nation-states and their interaction. However, the border-crossing activities of non-state agencies, organizations and institutions should not be overlooked, as they can shed new light on our common understanding of the contemporary world. Using the concept of transnational social ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Methodologies on the Move

    The Transnational Turn in Empirical Migration Research

    Edited by Anna Amelina, Thomas Faist, Devrimsel D. Nergiz ...
    Series series Ethnic and Racial Studies
    This volume establishes a new agenda for approaches to migration research and the corresponding methodologies. A wide range of international contributors focus on the question of how to overcome the so-called 'methodological nationalism' within empirical studies on migration. They address two main challenges: how to contextualize the empirical research field; and how to deal with national and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Beyond Methodological Nationalism

    Research Methodologies for Cross-Border Studies

    Edited by Anna Amelina, Devrimsel D. Nergiz, Thomas Faist, Nina Glick Schiller ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Transnationalism
    Cross-border studies have become attractive for a number of fields, including international migration, studies of material and cultural globalization, and history. While cross-border studies have expanded, the critique on nation-centered research lens has also grown. This book revisits drawbacks of methodological nationalism in theory and methodological strategies. It summarizes research ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Environmental Migration and Social Inequality

    Edited by Robert McLeman, Jeanette Schade, Thomas Faist ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents contributions from leading international scholars on how environmental migration is both a cause and an outcome of social and economic inequality. It describes recent theoretical, methodological, empirical, and legal developments in the dynamic field of environmental migration research, and includes original research on environmental migration in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, China, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD