| International Migration and Security: Opportunities and Challenges Contributor(s): Guild, Elspeth (Editor), van Selm, Joanne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415326540 ISBN-13: 9780415326544 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: Are immigrants an asset or a threat? Every day newspapers in the Western world carry articles about illegal immigrants, asylum seekers and other migrants. The focus of these articles varies greatly from migrants as a threat to one or another important social or societal interest, to migrants as an important asset to those same interests. " International Migration and Security" brings information and analysis to the immigration debate. Experts from a variety of different disciplines-ranging from urban planning to judicial reform-are collected n this volume to consider the impact that and the concept of immigration has on their field. The key question examined is how movement of persons affects areas as diverse as health, national security, the welfare of state, cuisine, identity, law and human rights, and the political, social and legal results. This innovative and interdisciplinary book provides new insight into the debates around immigration in the twenty-first century and will be of interest to all students and researchers in the area. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 325 |
| LCCN: 2004019551 |
| Series: Transnationalism |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.16" W x 9.5" (1.30 lbs) 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Every day newspapers in the Western world carry articles about illegal immigrants, asylum seekers and other migrants. The focus of these articles varies greatly from migrants as a threat to one or another important social or societal interest, to migrants as an important asset to those same interests. The tone is most often emotional - whichever way the focus goes. The overall impact is to confuse: is migration good or bad? In this book Guild and van Selm seek to investigate these value assessments regarding migrants in Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia. While looking at issues such as security, human rights, legal systems, identity, racism, welfare, health and labour, the authors also respond to critics of immigration. |