This book offers an interdisciplinary and accessible approach to issues of global migration in the twenty-first century in 13 essays plus an appendix written by scholars and practitioners in the field.

Autorentext
Meg Wilkes Karraker is a professor of Sociology, Family Studies, and Women's Studies at University of St. Thomas.

Inhalt
PART I: MIGRATION STUDIES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 1. Introduction: Global Migration in the Twenty-first Century; Meg Wilkes Karraker 2. Teaching and Learning about 'The Other' in Immigrationl; Øystein S. LaBianca and Marcella Myers PART II: EVERYDAY / EVERYNIGHT IMMIGRANT LIVES 3. Gendered Migrations: Transnational Feminist Responses; Patti Duncan 4. Human Trafficking, Migration, and Gender: An Interdisciplinary Approach; Jennifer K. Blank 5. The Ripple Effects of Deportation Policies on Mexican Women and Their Children; by Joanna Dreby 6. Parent/Child Relationship in Hmong Immigrant Families; Zha Blong Xiong, Veronica Deenanath, and Dung Mao 7. From Model Minority to Second Gen Stereotypes: Korean-Canadian and -American Accounts; Marianne S. Noh 8. Social Exclusion and the Welfare State: Effects of Distributive Conflicts on Immigrants in Germany; Marcella Myers PART III: TOWARD JUSTICE 9. Somewhere Over the Rainbow [Nation]: Zimbabweans in South Africa; Susan Smith-Cunnien 10. TheRight to Wear Religious Dress; Anthony Gray 11. We are all Children of Babel; Bruce J. Einhorn 12. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Human Rights and Immigration; Richard H. Morgan Appendix: Resources on Migration;Jan M. Orf and Mathew Vicknair