Population and migration geography

Focusing on the small island of Paama, Vanuatu, and the capital, Port Vila, this book presents a rare and recent study of the ongoing significance of urbanisation and internal migration in the Global South.

'This conceptually vivid book refreshes our vision' - Ruth Wilson GilmoreThe word smuggler often unleashes a simplified, negative image painted by the media and the authorities.

*Shortlisted for the JQ Wingate Literary Prize, 2018* Drawing on a decade of courageous and pioneering reporting, Mya Guarnieri Jaradat brings us an unprecedented and compelling look at the lives of asylum seekers and migrant workers in Israel, who hail mainly from Africa and Asia.

In the context of ageing populations, increasing participation of women in the labour market, growing marketisation of care provision, and, most importantly, global inequalities, racialised care workers have come to fulfil a key role within older-age care in western European societies.

This book focuses on how to improve the collection, analysis and responsible use of data on global migration and international mobility.

'Morland predicts the future of humanity in 10 illuminating statistics (could the Japanese and Italians now go the way of the dodo?

Charles C.

This book examines the legacy of a British child migration scheme that relocated British children to Southern Rhodesia between 1946 and 1962, with the aim of populating the colony with "e;fresh white stock"e;.

This book examines the legacy of a British child migration scheme that relocated British children to Southern Rhodesia between 1946 and 1962, with the aim of populating the colony with "e;fresh white stock"e;.

Collective experiences in the former Yugoslavia documents and analyses how social representations and practices are shaped by collective violence in a context of ethnic discourse.

This book explores the historical and contemporary experiences of the Chinese in Sukabumi, Indonesia, including their migration to the region, their economic activities, and their relationships with the local population.

Arabische Clans beherrschen die Berliner Unterwelt.

Making Population Geography is a lively account of the intellectual history of population geography, arguing that, while population geography may drift in and out of fashion, it must continue to supplement its demographic approach with a renewed emphasis on cultural and political accounts of compelling population topics, such as HIV-AIDS, sex trafficking, teen pregnancy, citizenship and global ageing, in order for it to shed light on contemporary society.

New Europe: Imagined Spaces traces the radical transformation of European places and spaces over the last two decades.

This volume examines gender and mobility in Africa though the central themes of borders, bodies and identity.

Mobile Chinese Entrepreneurs draws extensively on the narratives of sixteen small-to-medium business owners, born on the mainland, who have immigrated to Hong Kong and returned to their ancestral hometowns in China to establish their enterprises.

In recent years, major social forces such as: ageing populations, social trends, migration patterns, and the globalization of economies, have reshaped social welfare policies and practices across the globe.

Climate shocks are shaping human geographies, threatening coastlines, flooding settlements and heating up cities.

Made in India examines seemingly disparate and high profile events in postcolonial India that captured national and transnational/diasporic interest since the 1990s: The emergence of the Indian homosexual, the new trans/national heterosexual woman, lesbian suicides, marriage and kinship contracts in small towns around India and the simultaneous evolution of the modern homophobia and lesbian NGOs.

Numerous studies explore immigration policies of individual receiving countries.

On the eve of the Pacific war (1941-45), there were 198,000 Japanese in Brazil, the largest expatriate body outside East Asia.

This book is about the struggles of female and male descendants of Indian indentured migrants in Trinidad in the first half of the twentieth century, each desiring to preserve some aspects of the gender system brought from India between 1845 and 1917, which were important to their continued definition of ethnic identity and community in Trinidad.

This book examines convergent trends in asylum regimes around the world.

The prominence of ethnonational identities and movements is of increasing interest and concern in today's world.

In the past few years, a considerable number of immigrants have established their own businesses.

Applied Demography is clearly evolving as its practitioners become involved in the emerging trends of the Twenty-First Century.

This book examines the migration of older persons to rural retirement destinations in the United States.

Working through Barriers deals with the role host countries' institutional characteristics play in the labour market integration of immigrants in the European Union.

The identity of Taiwan is a matter of intense local and international debate.

This book provides an intimate picture of Lebanon, exploring the impacts of the Arab uprisings of 2011 which are deeply affecting Lebanese politics and society.

International migration is an issue of enduring interest and debate, as strong as ever in the 21st century.

International migration is an issue of enduring interest and debate, as strong as ever in the 21st century.

Latinos have emerged as one of the fastest-growing ethnic populations in the American South.

Latinos have emerged as one of the fastest-growing ethnic populations in the American South.

There is increasing appreciation in the social sciences that context is an important element in understanding social, economic, cultural, political and demographic processes.

There is increasing appreciation in the social sciences that context is an important element in understanding social, economic, cultural, political and demographic processes.

There is renewed interest in return migration among researchers of global movement patterns.

There is renewed interest in return migration among researchers of global movement patterns.

A significant body of theoretical and empirical studies describes 'sense of place' as an outcome of interconnected psychological, social and environmental processes in relation to physical place(s).

A significant body of theoretical and empirical studies describes 'sense of place' as an outcome of interconnected psychological, social and environmental processes in relation to physical place(s).

The nature of spatial imaginations has become central to a range of major social and political debates.

The nature of spatial imaginations has become central to a range of major social and political debates.

This book provides a general description and evaluation of the process of urbanization in China and the urgent challenges facing the Chinese government.

This book provides a general description and evaluation of the process of urbanization in China and the urgent challenges facing the Chinese government.

This agenda-setting collection critically reflects upon a decade of contributions to the social scientific 'mobilities turn' in order to propose new trajectories for the future of this interdisciplinary research field.

This agenda-setting collection critically reflects upon a decade of contributions to the social scientific 'mobilities turn' in order to propose new trajectories for the future of this interdisciplinary research field.

South-South migration contributes significantly to the development of the emerging economies, the migration of receiving countries and, at the same time, generates a major share of remittance income flowing into the sending countries.

South-South migration contributes significantly to the development of the emerging economies, the migration of receiving countries and, at the same time, generates a major share of remittance income flowing into the sending countries.

This title was first published in 2003.

This title was first published in 2003.