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Migration and Social Policy in a Changing World : Histories, Challenges and Dilemmas.

De Gruyter Manchester University Press 2026 eBook-Package Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fanning, Bryan.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social policy.
Emigration and immigration.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (215 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.
Summary:
This book bridges social policy and migration studies, exploring responses from the Industrial Revolution to today. Through global case studies, it offers a comprehensive analysis of migrant experiences and host society policies, providing insights for scholars and policymakers.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright information
Introduction
Notes
Chapter 2: Rural-to-urban migration
Migration to cities
Rights to the city
Living for the city
Urban challenges
Reflections
Chapter 3: Social citizenship dilemmas
Social cohesion
Social citizenship
Racism, rules and rights
Social inclusion and integration
Some reflections
Chapter 4: Welfare internationalism
Comparative welfare stratifications
Reciprocal entitlements
Social citizenship and the European Union
Chapter 5: Refugee welfare
Histories of sanctuary and social policy
Social citizenship and the Blue State
Refugee cities
The gates of the West
Twenty-first-century challenges
Chapter 6: Remittances and diasporic welfare
Remittances
Diasporic welfare
The significance of informal welfare
Chapter 7: Empires of care
Migrant doctors and nurses
Terms and conditions
Divisions of care
Big and small options
Chapter 8: Beyond welfare chauvinism
Bounded welfare solidarities
Beyond the zero sum
Embedded and viable lives
Chapter 9: Some reflections on research and scholarship
The dominance of methodological nationalism
Understandings of integration and embedding
Index.
Notes:
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ISBN:
1-5261-9278-0
OCLC:
1564843723

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