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Grounded in a variety of empirical evidences of the impact of Transnational Entrepreneurship, this book aims to explore the new global social pattern of entrepreneurs doing business transnationally.

This book focuses on the migration of undocumented minors arriving recently to the United States and the European Union.

The Microfoundations of Diaspora Politics examines the various actors within and beyond the state that participate in the design and implementation of diaspora policies, as well as the mechanisms through which are constructed by governments, political parties, diaspora entrepreneurs, or international organisations.

Grounded in a variety of empirical evidences of the impact of Transnational Entrepreneurship, this book aims to explore the new global social pattern of entrepreneurs doing business transnationally.

This book investigates the emergence of the unaccompanied child refugee as a 'crisis figure'. It shows how the sense of exceptionality attached to the figure translates into ambiguous and at times extremely contradictory social practices that have far-reaching effects on the lives of refugee youth.

International organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and various UN agencies, have become key actors in the global politics of migration. They contribute to defining the normative framework for states¿ immigration policy, while also providing services and support to governments. This book brings together analytical and empirical contributions that document the role of international organisations in migration politics worldwide. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

This book provides an important contribution to the literature on the rights, lived experiences and trajectories of temporary migrants. It focuses on the precarity of temporary migrants at different scales in urban settings, varying from the household, institution, and neighbourhood to the city.

This book investigates how migration has been transformed into a security threat in Europe. It argues that this process has taken place through a self-fulfilling spiralling process, which involves different actors and their specific narratives, practices and policies.

Taking the view that 'skills' are socially constructed categories and highly malleable concepts in practice, this volume centres the discussion on following questions: Who are the arbitrators of skill? What constitutes skill? And how is skill constructed in the migration process and in turn, how does skill affect the mobility?

This book emerges from the observation that the current literatures on migration in China are constrained by a series of shortfalls. It will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of Sociology, Politics, Human Geography, Social Work, and Urban Studies.

This book analyses what is at stake in the regulation of cross-border marriages and how European states use particular categories (e.g., 'sham', 'forced' and 'mixed' marriages) to differentiate between acceptable and non-acceptable marriages.

This book focuses on the migration of undocumented minors arriving recently to the United States and the European Union.

The chapters in this volume study transnational social relationships and cross-border connections between 'ordinary' people that arise from the increasingly large-scale mobilities and migrations between Thailand and 'the West'.

This book analyses how Asian migrants adapt and assimilate into their host societies, and how this assimilation differs across their sociodemographic backgrounds, ethnic profiles, and political contexts.

This book investigates the emergence of the unaccompanied child refugee as a 'crisis figure'. It shows how the sense of exceptionality attached to the figure translates into ambiguous and at times extremely contradictory social practices that have far-reaching effects on the lives of refugee youth.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the impact of the economic crisis (2008¿2012) on immigration movements and policies in the U.S. and Europe. It was first published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

This volume focuses on the life experiences of the many `ordinary¿ Muslims in their European societies of settlement, and the role that cultural and religious factors play in shaping their social relationships. It was published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

This book throws new light on the drivers of migration and explores the different ways in which aspiration and desire are involved in the generation, experiences and outcomes of migration. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

This volume focuses on the life experiences of the many 'ordinary' Muslims in their European societies of settlement, and the role that cultural and religious factors play in shaping their social relationships with majority populations and public institutions. It was published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Contributing to our understanding of how economic crises induce changes both in migratory movements and policy, this book offers an in-depth analysis of the impact of the economic crisis (2008-2012) on immigration movements and policies in the U.S. and Europe. It was first published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.