Palgrave Macmillan

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This book examines how the severe economic downturn following the 2007-2008 financial crisis affected the structural integration and quality of life of urban migrants in Europe and North America. It...

This book examines migrant smuggling and migration governance in the European Union. Following the 'refugee crisis' of 2014-15 and the rise in the number of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea,...

This book is about migrants' lives in urban space, in particular Rome and Milan. At the core of the book is literature as written by migrants, members of a "second generation," and a filmmaker who...

This book looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants globally who bear disproportionate burdens of health disparities. Centering the voices of migrants as anchors for theorizing health,...

This book traces the practices of migration control and its contestation in the European migration regime in times of intense politicization. The collaboratively written work brings together the...

This book analyses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on three ethnic minorities in three European cities: Bangladeshi in London, Turks in Stuttgart and Peruvians in Milan. Considerable debate...

This book proposes an interdisciplinary, multicultural and contemporary approach to examining the controversial links between migration and crime. It includes empirical research on migrants and crime...

With female migrants dominating low paid and ever-expanding domestic work worldwide, this book brings together the voices of 120 migrating women of 28 national identities and 10 different religious...

Presenting a collection of case studies on immigrant and migrant entrepreneurship, this book offers an understanding of the phenomenon as a creation of a distinctive labor market that leads to...

Examines SADC countries including Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe Brings fresh perspectives to the issue of migration and regional integration in the Southern African...

Provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between human security and migration in the Mediterranean/MENA regionsExplains how the current crisis affects regional European policy and...

Migration, Temporality, and Capitalism: Entangled Mobilities Across Global SpacesAuthor: Pauline Gardiner BarberPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Dec 22, 2018Number of Pages: 215...

This book draws on transpersonal anthropology and psychology in order to explore mild altered states of consciousness (ASCs) experienced in everyday life. While research into consciousness and...

This edited volume examines the use of militarised responses to different forms of criminal activity, discussing the outcomes and unintended consequences. Politicians and policymakers frequently use...

Militarized Cultural Encounters in the Long Nineteenth Century: Making War, Mapping EuropeAuthor: Joseph ClarkePublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Aug 31, 2018Number of Pages: 370...

This book focuses on the cultural reception of Milton and his works in nineteenth-century America. Using reception theory, the work analyzes the contributions of Milton and his writings to...

Explores the idea that Global English is not an unmixed blessing as far as intercultural understanding is concerned by demonstrating the values and applications of Minimal English as a communicative...

This open access book charts how South Africa?s gold mines have systematically suppressed evidence of hazardous work practices and the risks associated with mining. For most of the twentieth century,...

This is a study of Malaysia?s new political economy, with a focus on ownership and control of the corporate sector. It offers a pioneering assessment of government-linked investment companies...

Minority Rights and the National Question in NigeriaAuthor: Uyilawa UsuanlelePublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Mar 29, 2017Number of Pages: 253 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

This book provides a unique ethnographic approach to the understanding of ethnogenesis in the Chinese context, with a particular focus on how it is being reshaped in the post-2000s era. It...

This open access book critically examines discussions on digitalisation and individual opportunities for socio-economic advancement. Contrary to the prevailing narratives of "digital empowerment" and...

This open access book investigates how representation of Native Americans and Mexican-origin im/migrants takes place in high school history textbooks. Manually analyzing text and images in United...

This open access book investigates how representation of Native Americans and Mexican-origin im/migrants takes place in high school history textbooks. Manually analyzing text and images in United...

This book examines major British and American missionary films during the Golden Age of Hollywood to explore the significance of race, gender, and spirituality in relation to the lives of the...

This book offers a nuanced picture of mixed family life in the UK. Specifically, the book explores how parents from different backgrounds create a place of belonging for their children, while also...

This ethnographic study of a mixed-occupancy housing estate near the centre of London refocuses the scholarly conversation around social housing in the UK after the 1980 Housing Act. As well as...

This book studies how the increase of visual representation of mixed-race Koreans formulates a particular racial project in contemporary South Korean media. It explores the moments of ruptures and...

This book sheds light on the unique aspects of ?communal liberalism? in Mme de Staël?s writings and considers her contribution to nineteenth-century French liberal political thought. Focusing notably...