This book provides an insightful analysis of the looming refugee and mixed migration crisis in the context of four major, contemporary flows: two in west and east Europe, and one each in the Americas and Asia. The analysis, in each case, is followed by a judicious identification of the key...

The Economics of Immigration is written as a both a reference for researchers and as a textbook on the economics of immigration. It is aimed at two audiences: (1) researchers who are interested in learning more about how economists approach the study of human migration flows; and (2) graduate...

One of the biggest challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region in the 21st century is the large scale cross-border movement of people. This book explores: sovereignty; security issues and border-management strategies of major states, in the face of intensified transnational economic and social...

In diesem Buch nimmt Andreas Landes Unternehmen, die Kernakteure des Arbeitsmarktes, als zentrale Orte des gesellschaftlichen Integrationsprozesses in den Blick und erarbeitet anhand von Fallstudien in vier KMU ein organisationszentriertes Integrationsmodell an der Schnittstelle zwischen...

Dieses essential zeigt praxisnah, wie eine gelungene Unterstützung von Flüchtlingen und Migranten bei deren Bewältigung der integrationsbedingten Anforderungen in eine für sie neue und unbekannte Kultur und Gesellschaft geleistet werden kann. Es werden die Herausforderungen auf Seiten der...

This book, a second edition, includes new data from the 2011 Census of India, the 2010 Census of India and NSS reports on consumer expenditure (2011-12), health and education (2014) to examine the latest understanding of poverty in China and India, and how that connects with minorities. Poverty...

I. Cross country studies and a North-South comparison in the study of poverty -- 1. Bérenger, Valérie and Bresson, Florent. Axiomatic and Robust Multidimensional Poverty Measurements in Five Southern Mediterranean Countries -- 2. Fusco, Alessio, Guio, Anne-Catherine and Marlier Eric. Building...

This volume looks at the three dimensions of social exclusion: economic, social and political. Exclusion is analyzed as a new approach to such issues as the 'new' poverty, precariousness, long-term unemployment, social polarization and lack of citizenship. The book shows how relational and...

This book re-evaluates the importance of social policies in shaping well-being and combating exclusion, and enhances understanding of how these policies are formed in a globalizing world. It emphasises the context- and path-dependence of patterns and policies of inclusion and exclusion, and...