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Out of Albania : from crisis migration to social inclusion in Italy / Russell King and Nicola Mai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, Russell, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Albanians--Italy.
- Albanians.
- Albanians--Italy--Social conditions.
- Albanians--Italy--Economic conditions.
- Albania--Emigration and immigration.
- Albania.
- Italy--Emigration and immigration.
- Italy.
- Albania--Economic conditions--1992-.
- Italy--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Analysing the dynamics of the post-1990 Albanian migration to Italy, this book is the first major study of one of Europe's newest, most dramatic yet least understood migrations. It takes a close look at migrants' employment, housing and social exclusion in the country, as well as the process of return migration to Albania. The research described in the book challenges the pervasive stereotype of the "bad Albanian," and through in-depth fieldwork on Albanian communities in Italy and back in Albania, provides rich insights into the Albanian experience of migration, settlement and return in both
- Contents:
- The Albanian background
- Albanian migration
- From welcome to stigmatisation
- Albanian migrant lives
- Social exclusion and integration
- Return to Albania?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-525-5
- 1-282-62731-7
- 9786612627316
- 1-84545-864-8
- OCLC:
- 645100680
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