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T. Modood, J. Salt (Beteiligte)

Global Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness


Herausgegeben von Modood, T.; Salt, J.
2011. 2011. xvi, 282 S. 229 mm
Verlag/Jahr: SPRINGER PALGRAVE MACMILLAN; PALGRAVE MACMILLAN UK 2011
ISBN: 1-13-728595-8 (1137285958)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-13-728595-9 (9781137285959)

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Exploring the most topical issues around migration and integration in relation to Britain, this book, now in paperback, examines people smuggling and the elite labour migration that is becoming a feature of Britain. It also examines the concepts of social capital, social cohesion and Britishness that are being used to critique multiculturalism.
PART I 1. Migration, Minorities and the Nation; Tariq Modood and John Salt 2. Migration To and From the UK; John Salt 3. Multiculturalism, Ethnicity and Integration: Some Contemporary Challenges; Tariq Modood PART II 4. Why Take the Risk? Explaining Migrant Smuggling; Khalid Koser 5. Acquistion and Mobility of Expertise in Global Corporate Labour Markets; John Salt and Peter Wood 6. Academics and Globalisation; Steve Fenton, Tariq Modood and Claire Smetherham 7. International Students and the Labour Market: Experience in the UK; John Salt PART III 8. Ethnicity, Religion, Residential Segregation and Life Chances; Nabil Khattab, Ibrahim Sirkeci, Ron Johnston and Tariq Modood 9. Educational Achievement and Career Aspiration for Young British Pakistanis; Claire Dwyer, Tariq Modood, Gurchathen Sanghera, Bindi Shah and Suruchi Thapar-Björkert 10. Feeling and Being Muslim and British; Varan Uberoi, Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood and Claire Dwyer 11. ´Our Own People´: Ethnic Majority Orientations to Nation and Country; Steve Fenton and Robin Mann 12. Global Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness; Tariq Modood and John Salt
"The major strength of this volume is its wide-ranging use of quantitative and qualitative data and engagement with the confluent global processes defining the ethnic fabric of Britain´s academic and employment sectors...the book can readily be recommended as an important contribution on ethnicity in Britain." - Political Studies