Well-known editors and an international selection of contributors
Topical subject - semi-permanent furore in papers over asylum seekers for instance
'For reasons of the breadth of issues the book covers and the detail and quality of the analyses in many of the chapters this book should be high on the reading list of those interested in migration.' - Political Studies Review
1. Immigration: Opportunities and Challenges for the Developed World Joanne van Selm 2. Immigration and Regional Security 3. Rights Spillovers: The Impact of Migration on the Legal System of Western States 4. Human Rights for Immigrants and Immigrants for Human Rights 5. From Foreigners to 'Abnormal Aliens': How the Faces of the Enemy Have Changed Following September the 11th 6. Immigrants and the Host Polity: Immigrant Voters as an Electoral Counterweight to Extreme Right Parties 7. Cultural and Identity Security: Immigrants and the Legal Expression of National Identity 8. Immigrants, Refugees and Racism: Europeans and Their Denial 9. Language and Immigration 10. Global, National and Local Identities: The Transformative Effects of Migrant Literature 11. Immigration and the Welfare State 12. Migration; A Threat or an Asset to Health? 13. Homeownership and the Integration of Immigrants in the United States 14. Digestible Difference: Food, Ethnicity and Spatial Claims in the City 15. Feeding the Festive City: Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Tourist Industry Conclusions