The International Migration Review back issues from April 2003:
The decline of barriers to immigrant economic and political rights in the American states: 1977-2001
Apr 01, 2003; ... The Decline of Barriers to Immigrant Economic and Political Rights in the American States: 1977-2001 State governments exercise significant powers to regulate the economic and social activities of resident aliens. We review the laws of the six leading states of immigrant settlement ...
Citizenship rights and repatriation of refugees
Apr 01, 2003; ... This article examines the relationship between access to or lack of access to citizenship rights in countries of asylum and the propensity of refugees to return. It hypothesizes that in situations where refugees enjoy civil, social and economic citizenship rights in the context of favorable ...
Managing contradiction: Civic stratification and migrants' rights
Apr 01, 2003; ... Managing Contradiction: Civic Stratification and Migrants' Rights1 Political and academic interest in cross-national migration has generated two very different and potentially polarized positions. One perspective emphasizes the continuing power of the nation state, while the other sees ...
Labor migration between developing countries: The case of Paraguay and Argentina
Apr 01, 2003; ... Labor Migration between Developing Countries: The Case of Paraguay and Argentina1 Despite the historical and numerical importance of international migration between Paraguay and Argentina, the socioeconomic forces affecting the dynamics of the flow remain largely unexplored. This ...
Immigration and the Czech Republic (with a special focus on the foreign labor force)
Apr 01, 2003; ... Immigration and the Czech Republic (with a Special Focus on the Foreign Labor Force)1 This article presents an overview of international migration in the Czech Republic, with a special focus on labor immigration. Currently, the Czech Republic is an immigration and transit country. The ...
Belgium's immigration policy
Apr 01, 2003; ... DOCUMENTATION NOTE Belgium is one of the most multicultural and multiracial countries of the European Union. Today, the immigrant-origin population1 represents about 12 percent of the total population (about 10 million people). Contrary to some neighboring states, EU citizens2 account ...
Re-Imagining the Nation: Debates on Immigrants, Identities and Memories
Apr 01, 2003; ... Re-Imagining the Nation: Debates on Immigrants, Identities and Memories. By Mette Zolner. Brussels: Peter Lang, 2000. Pp. 284. $33.95. The growing literature on immigration and nationalism in Europe has been marked by a relative lack of attention for the smaller European nations. This ...
Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe
Apr 01, 2003; ... Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe. By Norman Naimark. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. Pp. 248. $24.95. TERRY MARTIN Harvard University Norman Naimark has done the scholarly community a great service by, audaciously, producing ...
Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present
Apr 01, 2003; ... Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present looks at U.S. immigration policy through the eyes of two historians - Roger Daniels and Otis L. Graham - each offering a distinct bias and perspective. The first sees immigration as an economic and social opportunity, while the latter characterizes ...
Namaste America: Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis
Apr 01, 2003; ... Namaste America: Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis. By Padma Rangaswamy. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. $19.95 (paper). ROGER DANIELS University of Cincinnati Rangaswamy begins her book on the Indians of Chicago by describing ...
Trends in Ethnic Identification Among Second-Generation Haitian Immigrants in New York City
Apr 01, 2003; ... Trends in Ethnic Identification Among Second-Generation Haitian Immigrants in New York City. By Flore Zephir. Westport, CT: Bergen and Garvey Publishers, 2001. Pp. 231. CAROLLE CHARLES Baruch College, CUNY A sequel to a previous study of first-generation Haitian ...
Patriarchal Structures and Ethnicity in the Italian Community in Britain
Apr 01, 2003; ... Patriarchal Structures and Ethnicity in the Italian Community in Britain. By Azadeh Medaglia. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001. Pp. 200 [excluding index]. Medaglia's study is part of the Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations series, sponsored by centers at the University of Southern ...
Whatever Happened to Asylum in Britain? A Tale of Two Walls
Apr 01, 2003; ... Whatever Happened to Asylum in Britain? A Tale of Two Walls. By Louise Pirouet. New York: Berghahn Books, 2001. Pp. 212. Originally a researcher and lecturer in East Africa, where she first came into contact with refugees, Louise Pirouet subsequently returned to the United Kingdom, ...
"We Built Up Our Lives:" Education and Community among Refugees Interned by Britain in World War II
Apr 01, 2003; ... "We Built Up Our Lives." Education and Community among Refugees Interned by Britain in World War 11. By Maxine Schwartz Seller. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. Pp. 261. We Built Up Our Lives is an interesting contribution to the still limited, but growing scholarship on experiences ...
Integral Outsiders: The American Colony in Mexico Sity, 1876-1911
Apr 01, 2003; ... Integral Outsiders: The American Colony in Mexico City 1876-1911. By William Schell. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 2001. Pp. xix, 274. William Schell examines the expatriate U.S. community in Mexico City during the rule of Porfirio Diaz. He wants to understand the impact this group ...
A Gathering of Fugitives: American Political Expatriates in Mexico, 1948-1965
Apr 01, 2003; ... A Gathering of Fugitives: American Political Expatriates in Mexico, 1948-1965. By Diana Anhalt. Santa Maria, CA: Archer Books, 2001. Pp. 246. $15.00. This is a deceptive book in that it appears to be less than what it is. Yes, it is one woman's quest to understand her parents, who, in ...