This book examines theories and specific experiences of international migration and social transformation, with special reference to the effects of neo-liberal globalization on four societies with vastly different historical and cultural characteristics: South Korea, Australia, Turkey and Mexico.

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Rebecca Williamson, University of Sydney, Australia Kevin Dunn, University of Western Sydney, Australia Alanna Kamp, University of Western Sydney, Australia Shanthi Robertson, University of Western Sydney, Australia Dong-Hoon Seol, Chonbuk National University, South Korea Hye-Kyung Lee, Pai Chai University, South Korea Chulhyo Kim, University of Sydney, Australia Ahmet ?çduygu, Koç University, Turkey Damla B. Aksel, Koç University, Turkey Mine Eder, Bo?aziçi University, Turkey Rodolfo García Zamora, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico Alondra Ambriz Nava, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexcio Patricia Herrera Castro, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico Raúl Delgado Wise, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico Andrew Jakubowicz, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Elsa Koleth, University of Sydney, Australia Jock Collins, UTS Business School, Sydney, Australia Mary Crock, University of Sydney, Australia Ellie Vasta, Macquarie University, Australia

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1. International Human Mobility: Key Issues and Challenges to Social Theory; Stephen Castles PART I: METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES 2. Towards a Multi-Scalar Methodology: The Challenges of Studying Social Transformation and International Migration; Rebecca Williamson 3. The Virtues and Challenges of Comparative Analyses of Immigration, Migrant Settlement and Transnationalism; Kevin Dunn and Alanna Kamp 4. The Temporalities of International Migration: Implications for Ethnographic Research; Shanthi Robertson PART II: CASE-STUDY INSIGHTS: SOUTH KOREA 5. The Political Economy of Immigration in South Korea; Dong-hoon Seol 6. An Overview of International Migration to South Korea; Hye-Kyung Lee 7. From Salt Fields to 'Multicultural Village Special Zone': The Transformation of a Migrant City in South Korea; Chulhyo Kim PART III: CASE-STUDY INSIGHTS: TURKEY 8. Migration Realities and State Responses: Rethinking International Migration Policies in Turkey; Ahmet ?çduygu and Damla B. Aksel 9. Turkey's Neoliberal Transformation and Changing Migration Regime: The Case of Female Migrant Workers; Mine Eder 10. Migration Flows in Neoliberal Turkey: The Case of Kumkap?, Istanbul; Derya Ozkul PART IV: CASE-STUDY INSIGHTS: MEXICO 11. From Casa Blanca to Tulsa: A Social Transformation Analysis of Mexican Migration in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization; Magdalena Arias Cubas 12. The Return of Migrants in the United States to Mexico: Impacts and Challenges for Zacatecas; Rodolfo García Zamora, Alondra Ambriz Nava and Patricia Herrera Castro 13. Unravelling Mexican Highly Skilled Migration in the Context of Neoliberal Globalization; Raúl Delgado Wise PART V: CASE STUDY INSIGHTS: AUSTRALIA 14. 'In the Beginning all is Chaos': Roaming the Dystopic Realm in Australian Multiculturalism; Andrew Jakubowicz 15. Multiculturalism at the Margins of Global Sydney: Cacaphonous Diversity in Fairfield, Australia; Elsa Koleth 16. The Political Economy of the Social Transformation of Australian Suburbs;Jock Collins 17. Law as an Agent of Social Transformation: Trends in the Legal Regulation of Migration; Mary Crock 18. Generations and Change: Affinities Old and New; Ellie Vasta 19. International Migration in an Era of Neoliberal Social Transformation; Magdalena Arias Cubas, Derya Ozkul and Stephen Castles