Global migration, ethnicity and britishness
By: edited byTariq Modood, John Salt
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780230296879
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; British National characteristics; Great Britain; Social integration; Multiculturalism; Ethnic relations; Human smuggling
Description: "Exploring some of the most topical issues around migration and integration in relation to Britain, this book examines people smuggling and the elite labour migration that is becoming a feature of Britain. It also examines the concepts of social capital, social cohesion and Britishness that are being used to critique multiculturalism"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I; title: Introduction: The Research Programme and its Main Themes; T. Modood & J. Salt; title: Migration to and from the UK; J. Salt; title: Multiculturalism, Ethnicity and Integration: Contemporary Challenges; T. Modood; title: PART II; title: What is migrant smuggling?; A. Ali, K. Koser & J. Salt; title: Acquistion and Mobility of Expertise in Global Corporate Labour Markets; J. Salt & P. Wood; title: Academics and Globalisation; S. Fenton, T. Modood & C. Smetherham; title: International Students and the Labour Market; J. Salt; title: PART III; title: Educational Achievement and Career Aspiration for Young British Pakistanis; C. Dwyer, T. Modood, G. Sanghera, B. Shah, S. Thapar-Björkert; title: Impact of Segregation, Class, Ethnicity and Religion on the Occupational Returns on Education in England and Wales; N. Khattab, I. Sirkeci, R. Johnston, T. Modood; title: Muslims and Britishness: The Interdependencies of an Idea; N. Meer, V. Uberoi, C. Dwyer & T. Modood; title: National Identity and the 'Ethnic Majority'; S. Fenton & R. Mann; title: Global Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness; T. Modod & J. Salt.