The new migration in Europe : social constructions and social realities / edited by Khalid Koser and Helma Lutz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koser, Khalid.

Lutz, Helma.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

xvi, 264 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

The "new migration" in Europe is characterized by increasing numbers, changing profiles, feminization and new geographical patterns. But the "new migration" bears a significance which outweighs these empirical changes alone. This book proceeds from the assumption that the "new migration" is more than a label, and regards it as a social concept. Its contributions elaborate three research strategies: placing the new migration in historical context; investigating how the concept is socially constructed; and revealing the social realities of the new migration. Case studies are taken from throughout Europe and focus on themes including identity, vulnerability and resistance.

Contents:

1. The New Migration in Europe: Contexts, Constructions and Realities / Khalid Koser, Helma Lutz 1

Part I The New Migration in Context

2. Migration and Globalization: A Feminist Perspective / Annie Phizacklea 21

3. The New Migration in Russia in the 1990s / Cristiano Codagnone 39

4. The Invisible Hand Needs Visible Heads: Managers, Experts and Professionals from Western Countries in Poland / Hedwig Rudolph, Felicitas Hillmann 60

5. Going Home? The Implications of Forced Migration for National Identity Formation in post-Soviet Russia / Hilary Pilkington 85

Part II Social Constructions of the New Migration

6. Representing New Identities: 'Whiteness' as Contested Identity in Young People's Accounts / Ann Phoenix 109

7. Catholic and State Constructions of Domestic Workers: The Case of Cape Verdean Women in Rome in the 1970s / Jacqueline Andall 124

8. Observing Migration: The Construction of Statistics in a National Monitoring System / Paolo Barbesino 143

9. Redefining the Refugee: The UK Media Portrayal of Asylum Seekers / Ron Kaye 163

Part III The New Migration as a Social Reality

10. Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire: A Case Study of Illegality amongst Asylum Seekers / Khalid Koser 185

11. Illegality and Criminality: The Differential Opportunity Structure of Undocumented Immigrants / Godfried Engbersen, Joanne van der Leun 199

12. 'Scenes from a Fake Marriage': Notes on the Flip-side of Embeddedness / Richard Staring 224

13. Controlling and Disciplining the Foreign Body: A Case Study of TB Treatment among Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands / Mirjam van Ewijk, Paul Grifhorst 242.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0333683110

033372321X

0312210051

OCLC:

37281786