Research Catalog

Title

Global migration, ethnicity and Britishness / edited by Tariq Modood and John Salt.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Modood, Tariq.
• Salt, John, 1942-

Description

xv, 281 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

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"--

Series Statement

Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series

Uniform Title

Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series.

Subjects

• Social integration > Great Britain
• Human smuggling > Great Britain
• National characteristics, British
• Great Britain > Ethnic relations
• Multiculturalism > Great Britain
• Great Britain > Emigration and immigration

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- PART I -- Introduction: The Research Programme and its Main Themes; T. Modood & J. Salt -- Migration to and from the UK; J. Salt -- Multiculturalism, Ethnicity and Integration: Contemporary Challenges; T. Modood -- PART II -- What is migrant smuggling?; A. Ali, K. Koser & J. Salt -- Acquisition and Mobility of Expertise in Global Corporate Labour Markets; J. Salt & P. Wood -- Academics and Globalisation; S. Fenton, T. Modood & C. Smetherham -- International Students and the Labour Market; J. Salt -- PART III -- Educational Achievement and Career Aspiration for Young British Pakistanis; C. Dwyer, T. Modood, G. Sanghera, B. Shah, S. Thapar-Björkert -- 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 -- Muslims and Britishness: The Interdependencies of an Idea; N. Meer, V. Uberoi, C. Dwyer & T. Modood -- National Identity and the 'Ethnic Majority'; S. Fenton & R. Mann -- Global Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness; T. Modod & J. Salt.

ISBN

• 9780230296879 (hardback)
• 0230296874 (hardback)

LCCN

2011007809

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library