Global migration, ethnicity and Britishness /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description:	xv, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series.
Subject:	Social integration -- Great Britain. Multiculturalism -- Great Britain. National characteristics, British. Human smuggling -- Great Britain. Emigration and immigration. Ethnic relations. Human smuggling. Multiculturalism. National characteristics, British. Social integration. Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration. Great Britain -- Ethnic relations. Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8448894

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Other authors / contributors:	Modood, Tariq. Salt, John, 1942-
ISBN:	9780230296879 (hardback) 0230296874 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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"--

Table of Contents:

List of Tables and Figures
List of Contributors
Preface
Part 1.
1. Migration, Minorities and the Nation
2. Migration To and From the UK
3. Multiculturalism, Ethnicity and Integration: Some Contemporary Challenges
Part 2.
4. Why Take the Risk? Explaining Migrant Smuggling
5. Acquisition and Mobility of Expertise in Global Corporate Labour Markets
6. Academics and Globalisation
7. International Students and the Labour Market: Experience in the UK
Part 3.
8. Ethnicity, Religion, Residential Segregation and Life Chances
9. Educational Achievement and Career Aspiration for Young British Pakistanis
10. Feeling and Being Muslim and British
11. 'Our Own People': Ethnic Majority Orientations to Nation and Country
12. Global Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness
Appendix: Bristol-UCL Leverhulme Programme on Migration and Citizenship Publications
Index

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