Migration, Minorities and Modernity - Böcker

This book focuses on the closely interlinked areas of refugee migration and health. It discusses the main challenges of the recent unprecedented, extremely diverse and mostly unregulated refugee migration wave for Germany and Europe, and offers a broader view of refugee health from a European perspective. Health issues can lead to several challenges for refugees as well as healthcare providers, and as such the book also examines the requirements for the management of migrant populations in terms of medical care and health system adaptations, and includes theoretical aspects of refugee migration and health as well as various perspectives on the latest developments. Lastly, it describes the healthcare system demands and responses for short- and long-term care of refugees.

This book provides a unique description of the identity strategies of stateless ethnic minorities in Poland.

This book provides a unique description of the identity strategies of stateless ethnic minorities in Poland.

This book describes the ethnic identity construction involved in ‘being’, ‘feeling’ and ‘doing’ Chinese for multi-generation Australian-born Chinese, who were born and raised in a different social environment.

This book describes the ethnic identity construction involved in ‘being’, ‘feeling’ and ‘doing’ Chinese for multi-generation Australian-born Chinese, who were born and raised in a different social environment.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of women's resilience, leadership and empowerment through Indigenous knowledge and their crucial roles in various socio-cultural contexts across the world. It challenges the conventional narrative, highlighting the strength and resilience of Indigenous women in their communities that are historically marginalized. By interconnecting knowledge, tradition and justice, the volume addresses the contribution of Indigenous women in fostering the social change which has been often unnoticed. It provides a fresh insight on key topics such as Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous resilience, women roles (in traditional and patriarchal societies), women empowerment, community-based women's organization, social capital and community support. It also discusses the challenges of Indigenous women in patriarchal and market-driven societies. Recognizing the scarcity of literature, particularly on resilience of Indigenous women and leadership in promoting social change, this book sets out to expand the existing framework of leadership and social change. Through this nuanced analysis, this book recognizes the invisible contributions of Indigenous women in advancing their communities and broader societies.

This book asks a central question: Does integrated education, aimed at peace and equality, influence life beyond school walls as its founders hoped? Or does the Israeli-Palestinian conflict turn the integrated school space into a battleground? The author, Dr. Amin Khalaf, concludes that the power imbalance between the Jewish majority and the Palestinian minority does not disappear within the framework of joint education, and the impact of these schools on Israeli society remains quite limited. Nevertheless, he demonstrates that integrated education has also borne fruit. The desire to maintain an equal partnership through educational frameworks holds the potential for positive environmental influence, even if it has not yet been fully realized.

This book presents a novel proposal for establishing justice and social harmony in the aftermath of genocide.

This book presents a novel proposal for establishing justice and social harmony in the aftermath of genocide.

This book traces Latin American migration to Europe since the 1970s. Focusing on Amsterdam, London, and Madrid, it examines the policies of integration in a comparative perspective that takes into account transnational, national, regional and local levels. It examines the entire mechanism that Latin American migrants confront in the European cities they settle, and provides readers with a theoretical framework on integration that addresses the concepts of multiculturalism, interculturality, transculturality and transnationalism. This work is based on rich qualitative data from in-depth interviews, focus groups and participant observation complemented by a substantial documentary and legislative analysis. It reveals that current policies are limited and migrants are excluded in most of the formal venues for integration. In addition, the book shows the many ways that migrants negotiate the constraints and imperatives of integration.  In Western Europe today, immigrants are largely assuming the entire responsibility of their integration. This book provides readers with much needed insight into why European integration policies are not responding to the needs of immigrants nor to society as a whole.

This focused case study analyses the roots of super-diversity in a place where immigration is an emerging phenomenon, Northwestern Spain (Galicia).

This focused case study analyses the roots of super-diversity in a place where immigration is an emerging phenomenon, Northwestern Spain (Galicia).

This book examines the migration of Indians (mainly from the Punjab region in north India) to parts of northern Italy, especially the Emilia-Romagna region.