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dream fields of Florida
Immigrant workers from indigenous communities who are working in low-wage jobs are often stigmatized for their origins, their status, and their poverty. For them, achieving the American Dream means overcoming the historic biases of contemporary economic, cultural, social, and political systems. The Dream Fields of Florida explores the limits of accessibility to the American Dream for Mexican-American farmworkers.
Using ethnographic data from several immigrant communities in Florida, Ella Schmidt studies the intersecting and often contradicting issues of identity, citizenship, and belonging. She unravels the embedded structural inequalities of U.S. society and the ideological discourses that mask them and finds that only through playing by the rules can Mexican farmworkers be selectively granted second-class citizenship-if any at all.
This book is a timely and increasingly necessary look at one of the most invisible populations in the United States, one that has been systematically ignored and continuously misrepresented. Contrary to their imposed labels as subservient \"illegal aliens,\" Mexican farmworkers are the epitome of agency, embodying the American ideals that are at the basis of the (Mexican-) American Dream.
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Movers and makers : uncertainty, resilience, and migrant creativity in worlds of flux
\"This book considers the impact of movement on creativity and innovation across different diasporic communities. In a highly original examination of twenty-first century migrant life, Parminder Bhachu explores what it is about these groups and individuals which predispose them to create ideas, products and markets. How is it that those who do not come from the traditional structures of power and economic capital are able to thrive and be upwardly mobile? Ethnographic material highlights the life histories and narratives of figures drawn from the worlds of art, science, film, technology, architecture, music and product design, to illustrate themes such as racism, representation, displacement and cultural inheritance\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Undocumented Workers' Transitions
This book explores how immigration laws, while aimed at discouraging undocumented migration, actually sustain it. It documents the circumstances that have caused previously documented migrants to become undocumented and explores the impact of their changing status on their families and on their own employment opportunities. The authors argue that undocumented migrants are forced into the most precarious types of work, and changes in the way that employment is organised, with a shift into temporary, agency and sub-contracted work, makes undocumented migrants particularly attractive in some employment markets. This groundbreaking volume draws substantially on data collected from a two-year research study in seven European countries that was focused on understanding the impact of migration flows on EU labour markets.
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Immigration policymaking in the global era : in pursuit of global talent
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Through a comparative case study analysis of the United Kingdom and Germany, with references to the United States, this study examines the impetuses for and processes by which governments came to choose the points system for immigration control.
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This book explores the current trend in states' preferences for international labor migrants, a scarcely studied area of international political economy This book encompasses not only an explanation for the globalization of the point system but also a thorough examination of the determinants of states' interest in high skilled migrants This book sheds light on industrialized states' efforts to manage immigration to maximize their share of highly skilled workers, which if successful will have implications for their future competitiveness
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Through a comparative case study analysis of the United Kingdom and Germany, with references to the United States, this study examines the impetuses for and processes by which governments came to choose the points system for immigration control.
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Natasha T. Duncan is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Mercyhurst College.
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Examination of the points system used for immigration control
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The Demand For Skilled Migrants: Domestic and International Factors Immigration Policy Alternatives Immigration Policymaking in the Global Era: Three Theories Britain: From Zero-Immigration to Economic Migration Germany: Moving Toward 'Modern' Immigration Policy Conclusion: Balancing Political Needs and Economic Realities
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Economic development implications of the Venezuelan migrant crisis : Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean community
This book analyzes the ways in which the Venezuelan immigrant community is making an impact on the social and economic dynamic of small economies. This publication addresses some of the main economic development conversations on trade, labor, and fiscal implications of immigration. This book attempts to collate and unpack some of the relevant theoretical frameworks which provide a basis for policymakers and other key decision-makers. In this regard, the links between immigration and economic development is discussed with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago as a representative case within the Caribbean community. Roger Hosein is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. He is also the coordinator of the Trade and Economic Development Unit (TEDU) a research cluster within the Department of Economics. Anthony Gonzales is the former Director of the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Bhoendradatt Tewarie is the former Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Rebecca Gookool-Bosland is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Cities and Labour Immigration
Using a unique analytical framework based on host-stranger relations, this book explores the response of cities to the arrival and settlement of labour immigrants. Comparing the local policies of four cities - Paris, Amsterdam, Rome and Tel Aviv - Michael Alexander charts the development of migrant policies over time and situates them within the broader social context. Grounded in multi-city, multi-domain empirical findings, the work provides a fuller understanding of the interaction between cities and their migrant populations. Filling a gap in existing literature on migrant policy between national-level theorizing and local-level study, the book will provide an important basis for future research in the area.
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Mobilizing against Inequality
Among the many challenges that global liberalization has posed for trade unions, the growth of precarious immigrant workforces lacking any collective representation stands out as both a major threat to solidarity and an organizing opportunity. Believing that collective action is critical in the struggle to lift the low wages and working conditions of immigrant workers, the contributors to Mobilizing against Inequality set out to study union strategies toward immigrant workers in four countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and United States. Their research revealed both formidable challenges and inspiring examples of immigrant mobilization that often took shape as innovative social countermovements.
Using case studies from a carwash organizing campaign in the United States, a sans papiers movement in France, Justice for Cleaners in the United Kingdom, andintegration approaches by the Metalworkers Union in Germany, among others, the authors look at the strategies of unions toward immigrants from a comparative perspective. Although organizers face a different set of obstacles in each country, this book points to common strategies that offer promise for a more dynamic model of unionism is the global North. The editors have also created a companion website for the book, which features literature reviews, full case studies, updates, and links to related publications. Visit it at www.mobilizing-against-inequality.info.
Contributors: Lee H. Adler, Cornell University; Gabriella Alberti, Leeds University; Daniel B. Cornfield, Vanderbilt University; Michael Fichter, Global Labour University, Berlin; Janice Fine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Jane Holgate, Leeds University; Denisse Roca-Servat, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Colombia; Maite Tapia, Michigan State University; Lowell Turner, Cornell University.
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Immigration Policies and the Global Competition for Talent
This book examines the variation in high-skilled immigration policies in OECD countries.These countries face economic and social pressures from slowing productivity, ageing populations and pressing labour shortages.To address these inter-related challenges, the potential of the global labour market needs to be harnessed.
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