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Title:

Global migration, ethnicity and britishness / edited byTariq Modood, John Salt.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xv, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration.
Social integration--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Ethnic relations.
Multiculturalism--Great Britain.
National characteristics, British.
Human smuggling--Great Britain.

Other Authors:

Modood, Tariq.
Salt, John, 1942-

Notes:

Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- PART I -- Introduction: The Research Programme and its Main Themes; T. Modood & J. Salt -- Migration to and from the UK; J. Salt -- Multiculturalism, Ethnicity and Integration: Contemporary Challenges; T. Modood -- PART II -- What is migrant smuggling?; A. Ali, K. Koser & J. Salt -- Acquistion and Mobility of Expertise in Global Corporate Labour Markets; J. Salt & P. Wood -- Academics and Globalisation; S. Fenton, T. Modood & C. Smetherham -- International Students and the Labour Market; J. Salt -- PART III -- Educational Achievement and Career Aspiration for Young British Pakistanis; C. Dwyer, T. Modood, G. Sanghera, B. Shah, S. Thapar-Bj©œrkert -- Impact of Segregation, Class, Ethnicity and Religion on the Occupational Returns on Education in England and Wales; N. Khattab, I. Sirkeci, R. Johnston, T. Modood -- Muslims and Britishness: The Interdependencies of an Idea; N. Meer, V. Uberoi, C. Dwyer & T. Modood -- National Identity and the 'Ethnic Majority'; S. Fenton & R. Mann -- Global Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness; T. Modod & J. Salt.

Summary:

"Exploring some of the most topical issues around migration and integration in relation to Britain, this book examines people smuggling and the elite labour migration that is becoming a feature of Britain. It also examines the concepts of social capital, social cohesion and Britishness that are being used to critique multiculturalism"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series

ISBN:

0230296874 (hardback)
9780230296879 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)698330394

LCCN:

2011007809

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)