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\"Details the historical evidence that helps explain why there was a mass migration of people from around the world [to the U.S. from about 1820 to the early 1900s], and what they experienced during the process\" --Page 4 of cover.

Why do politicians and civil servants commission research and what use do they make of it in policymaking? The received wisdom is that research contributes to improving government policy. Christina Boswell challenges this view, arguing that policymakers are just as likely to value expert knowledge for two alternative reasons: as a way of lending authority to their preferences; or to signal their capacity to make sound decisions. Boswell develops a compelling new theory of the role of knowledge in policy, showing how policymakers use research to establish authority in contentious and risky areas of policy. She illustrates her argument with an analysis of European immigration policies, charting the ways in which expertise becomes a resource for lending credibility to controversial claims, underpinning high-risk decisions or bolstering the credibility of government agencies.

An introduction and analysis of studies of local immigration policy. Most studies articulate a localist narrative in which local problems associated with immigration prompt local policies, shaped by local conditions and with local consequences. Other studies show that local immigration policies cannot be understood apart from their context, including inter-governmental relations, transnational economic processes, and international norms. After discussion of the limits of the localist approach, the ontological, theoretical, and methodological principles of the relational approach are used to explain the emergence, variation, and effects of local immigration policy within the context of globalization.

Bringing together the latest international scholarship in the sociology and anthropology of migration, this volume explores the complexities, joys and frustrations of conducting 'insider' research. The book offers analyses of key methodological, ethical and epistemological challenges faced by migration researchers as they question the ways in which they come to identify with their research topic or their participants.

The chapters of this interdisciplinary handbook maintain an introductory level of discussion on migration research methods, and also provide readers with references necessary for those wishing to go deeper into the topic.

This revised and expanded second edition of Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies provides a comprehensive basis for understanding the complexity and patterns of international migration. Despite increased efforts to limit its size and consequences, migration has wide-ranging impacts upon social, environmental, economic, political and cultural life in countries of origin and settlement. Such transformations impact not only those who are migrating, but those who are left behind, as well as those who live in the areas where migrants settle. Featuring forty-six essays written by leading international and multidisciplinary scholars, this new edition showcases evolving research and theorizing around refugees and forced migrants, new migration paths through Central Asia and the Middle East, the condition of statelessness and South to South migration. New chapters also address immigrant labor and entrepreneurship, skilled migration, ethnic succession, contract labor and informal economies. Uniquely among texts in the subject area, the Handbook provides a six-chapter compendium of methodologies for studying international migration and its impacts. Written in a clear and direct style, this Handbook offers a contemporary integrated resource for students and scholars from the perspectives of social science, humanities, journalism and other disciplines. List of figures List of tables Notes on the contributors Introduction to the second edition Steven J. Gold and Stephanie J. Nawyn Introduction to the first edition Steven J. Gold and Stephanie J. Nawyn PART I: Theories and histories of international migration 1 Economic perspectives on migration Peter Karpestam and Fredrik N.G. Andersson 2 Psychological acculturation: perspectives, principles, processes, and prospects Marc H. Bornstein, Judith K. Bernhard, Robert H. Bradley, Xinyin Chen, Jo Ann M. Farver, Steven J. Gold, Donald J. Hernandez, Christiane Spiel, Fons van de Vijver, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa 3 European migration history Leo Lucassen and Jan Lucassen 4 Migration history in the Americas Donna R. Gabaccia 5 Asian migration in the longue durée Adam McKeown 6 A brief history of African migration David Newman Glovsky PART II Displacement, refugees and forced migration 7 Forced migrants: exclusion, incorporation and a moral economy of deservingness Charles Watters 8 Refugees and geopolitical conflicts David Haines 9 Country of first asylum Breanne Grace 10 Displacement, refugees, and forced migration in the MENA region: the case of Syria Seçil Paçaci Elitok and Christiane Fröhlich 11 Climate change and human migration: constructed vulnerability, uneven flows, and the challenges of studying environmental migration in the 21st century Daniel B. Ahlquist and Leo A. Baldiga PART III: Migrants in the economy 12 Unions and immigrants Héctor L. Delgado 13 Immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship Ali R. Chaudhary 14 High-skilled migration Metka Hercog 15 Immigration and the informal economy Rebeca Raijman 16 Vulnerability to exploitation and human trafficking: a multi-scale review of risk Amanda Flaim and Celine Villongco PART IV: Intersecting inequalities in the lives of migrants 17 The changing configuration of migration and race Miri Song 18 Nativism: a global-historical perspective Maritsa V. Poros 19 Gender and migration: uneven integration Stephanie J. Nawyn 20 Sexualities and international migration Eithne Luibhéid 21 Migrants and indigeneity: nationalism, nativism and the politics of place Nandita Sharma PART V: Creating and recreating community and group identity 22 Panethnicity Y.n Lê Espiritu 23 Understanding ethnicity from a community perspective Min Zhou 24 Religion on the move: the place of religion in different stages of the migration experience Jacqueline Maria Hagan and Holly Straut-Eppsteiner 25 Condemned to a protracted limbo? Refugees and statelessness in the age of terrorism Cawo M. Abdi and Erika Busse 26 Reclaiming the black and Asian journeys: a comparative perspective on culture, class, and immigration Patricia Fernández-Kelly PART VI: Migrants and social reproduction 27 Immigrant and refugee language policies, programs, and practices in an era of change: promises, contradictions, and possibilities Guofang Li and Pramod Kumar Sah 28 Immigrant intermarriage Charlie V. Morgan 29 International adoption Andrea Louie PART VII: Migrants and the state 30 Undocumented (or unauthorized) immigration Cecilia Menjívar 31 Detention and deportation Caitlin Patler, Kristina Shull, and Katie Dingeman 32 Naturalization and nationality: community, nation-state and global explanations Thomas Janoski 33 Asian migrations and the evolving notions of national community Yuk Wah Chan 34 Immigration and education Ramona Fruja Amthor 35 Emigration and the sending state Cristián Doña-Reveco and Brendan Mullan 36 International migration and the welfare state: connections and extensions Aaron Ponce 37 Immigration and crime and the criminalization of immigration Rubén G. Rumbaut, Katie Dingeman, and Anthony Robles PART VIII: Maintaining links across borders 38 The historical, cultural, social, and political backgrounds of ethno-national diasporas Gabriel (Gabi) Sheffer 39 Transnationalism Thomas Faist and Basak Bilecen 40 Survival or incorporation? Immigrant (re)integration after deportation Kelly Birch Maginot 41 Return migration Audrey Kobayashi PART IX: Methods for studying international migration 42 Census analysis Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield 43 Binational migration surveys: representativeness, standardization, and the ethnosurvey model Mariano Sana 44 Interviewing immigrants and refugees: reflexive engagement with research subjects Chien-Juh Gu 45 Using photography in studies of international migration Steven J. Gold 46 Comparative methodologies in the study of migration Irene Bloemraad Index Steven J. Gold is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. His interests include international migration, ethnic economies, qualitative methods and visual sociology. He has conducted research on Israeli emigration and transnationalism, Russian-speaking Jewish and Vietnamese refugees in the U.S., ethnic economies, and on conflicts between immigrant merchants and their customers. Stephanie J. Nawyn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Co-Director of Academic Programs at the Center for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University. Her work has primarily focused on refugee resettlement and protection, as well as the economic advancement of African voluntary migrants in the U.S. with a focus on gender. She was a Fulbright Fellow at Istanbul University for the 2013–14 academic year, studying the treatment of Syrian refugees in Turkey. Her most recent work was published in the Journal of Refugees Studies and the Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

The first introduction to the field of Diaspora criticism that serves both as a timely guide and a rigorous critique. Diaspora criticism takes the concept 'diaspora' as its object of inquiry and provides a framework for discussing displaced communities in a way that takes contemporary social, cultural and economic pressures into account. It also offers an alternative to Postcolonial Studies.

\"New Directions in Border Research Methodology, Ethics, and Practice looks at the recent stigmatization of immigrants since the US began focusing on securing its border with Mexico in 2001. Attempting to answer ethical questions concerning border research methodology, these researchers explore the political and social implications of U.S. immigration policies and programs\"-- Provided by publisher.

This book focuses on methodological lenses to study how migration intersects with education. It squarely centers methodological inquiries by questioning disciplinary divisions, challenging dominant positivist approaches, and engaging with issues of ethics, legitimacy and positionality in studying migration and education.