About 190 million people around the world live outside their country of birth. These migrants bring energy, entrepreneurship and fresh ideas to our societies. But there are downsides: young migrants who fail in education, adults who don’t find work and, of course, unregulated migration. Such...

With contributions from leading scholars in international development, economics, political science, and sociology, this collection draws attention to migration's developmental impacts on sending and receiving societies. Through current case studies, contributors examine the interplay among...

Der Zustrom mehrerer Hunderttausend Menschen, die vor Krieg, Terror, Armut und Zukunftslosigkeit in ihren Heimatländern nach Europa fliehen, hat bei vielen Menschen diffuse Ängste ausgelöst. Sie erwarten von der Politik rasche Lösungsvorschläge. Können die vielfältigen Fluchtursachen mit...

Chapter 1. Gender and Migration: an historical and inclusive perspective (Beatrice Zucca Michelletto) -- Part 1: Institutions, law and identity -- Chapter 2. Tracing migration within urban spaces: women’s mobility and identification practices in Venice (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries) (Teresa...