Intercultural relations and migration processes / Nadia Rania and Laura Migliorini, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rania, Nadia, editor.

Migliorini, Laura, editor.

Series:

Immigration in the 21st century: political, social and economic issues.

Immigration in the 21st century: political, social and economic issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

International migration is an increasingly critical issue in the world today. In the international community, individual nations are struggling with the question of how to effectively manage migration. Immigration involves several challenges at the individual level and in the relationship with the host community. Migration is one of the most disorganizing individual experiences; it affects identity and wellbeing as migrants negotiate roles and cultural values. At the social level, immigration is related to relevant changes in community life as well as in the use of urban space and social welfare, and involves demographic, educational, and sociological aspects. In our society, various positions make migration a complex phenomenon. The author's intention is to open a dialogue concerning this crucial theme of human existence from the perspective of individual and collective experiences, as well as from the scientific position this phenomenon is analyzed. This book proposes several studies about migration and intercultural relationships from multiple viewpoints, and from a multidisciplinary perspective through psychological, educational, sociological, anthropological, historical and geographical approaches. Moreover, the book addresses the main theoretical frameworks that characterize the international debate and analyzes intercultural challenges and opportunities that may arise in different areas and at different stages of the life cycle. The main constructs this book addresses are acculturation, negotiation, and integration in various contexts (e.g., family, school, etc.) at different stages of life (e.g., minors, adolescents, parents, etc.). Furthermore, the book reflects on different typologies of migration (e.g., refugees, unaccompanied minors, etc.) and different methodologies to examine the phenomenon (e.g., videoethnography, in depth interviewing, questionnaires, territorial and space analysis, etc.). Intercultural Relations and Migration Processes present a complex, rich picture of these issues and the problems related to the phenomenon, in which experience and national research data are intertwined with the acquisition of experience gained in the international arena.

Contents:

Studying migration from different perspectives and with different techniques / Nadia Rania

The new global migratory scenarios and their governance / Franco Pittau and Antonio Ricci

Acculturation process, adjustment and linguistic practices in an Italian village / Chiara Cifatte and Laura Migliorini

Challenges, resources and ethnic identity negotiation : the perspective of immigrant women / Laura Frattini and Nadia Rania

The phenomenon of migration of unaccompanied minors from Central America to the United States / Nicoletta Varani

Psychosocial adjustment of immigrant adolescents in Italy : acculturation, discrimination and intergroup friendship / Paola Cardinali and Laura Migliorini

University student daughters of migrants : inclusion paths / Silvia Pisoni, Liceo Statale Carlo Tecca, Milano and Antonella Lotti

Parental ethnotheories and family routines : a comparison between Italian and Ecuadorian mothers in Italian context / Stefania Rebora and Nadia Rania

Families and migration : mixed families between institutional policies and every day negotiation / Rosa Parisi

Adolescents at risk : comparing Italian and immigrant youth / Laura Migliorini, Nadia Rania and Paola Cardinali

A nation to build : four migratory routes between Italy and Colombia, 1810-1920 / Sandro Bozzolo

Education, interculture and sustainability : a planning model / Andrea Traverso and Renza Cerri

The map as an instrument for the analysis, synthesis and narration of migration / Antonella Primi

Highly skilled migrants : not only a matter of brain! an interdisciplinary approach to the study of highly qualified people on the move! / Camilla Spadavecchia

Videoethnography in a glocal context from genoa to dakar / Luciana Taddei and Lorenzo Martellacci

How is the "authentic" medina great? : some rescaling problems in the analysis of the territorial dynamic of the medina of marrakech / Mauro Spotorno

Improving the management of social security international agreements through interoperability / Francisco Delgado and Raul Ruggia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 6, 2017).

ISBN:

1-5361-0778-6