Migration in a Globalised World: New Research Issues and Prospects

Contents......Page 6
1. International migration in the era of globalisation: recent issues and new concerns 
for research......Page 8
2. European research on international migration and settlement of immigrants: a state of the art 
and suggestions for improvement......Page 22
3. Unacceptable realities: public opinion and the challenge of immigration in a 
Franco-American comparison......Page 42
4. Culture and politics: the Danish cartoon controversy within 
migration and colonial spaces......Page 64
5. Transnationalisation: its conceptual and 
empirical relevance......Page 80
6. The contribution of migration studies and transnationalism to the anthropological debate: 
a critical perspective......Page 108
7. New migratory configurations: transnationalism/s, diaspora/s, migratory 
circulation......Page 128
8. Migration and development over twenty years 
of research: progress and prospects......Page 146
9. International migration and territorial (re)construction: the place and role of migrants as ‘frontier runners’ in 
development......Page 162
10. Forced migration and asylum: stateless 
citizens today......Page 184
11. Forced migration in Africa: a new but 
overlooked category of refugees......Page 192
12. International migration in the twenty-first 
century: towards new research perspectives......Page 204
List of contributors......Page 214