The International Migration Review back issues from July 2006:
Inside the Sending State: The Politics of Mexican Emigration Control1
Jul 01, 2006; ... The social science of international migration has generally ignored labor emigration control policies. In the critical case of Mexico, however, the central government consistently tried to control the volume, duration, skills, and geographic origin of emigrants from 1900 to the early 1970s. A ...
Organized International Asylum-Seeker Networks: Formation and Utilization by Chinese Students1
Jul 01, 2006; ... This article examines the formation and role of international networks formed by Chinese students living in the West in the late 1980s and early 1990s as part of their efforts to obtain the right to remain in Western countries in the immediate aftermath of the Tiananmen Square violence of June ...
The Times They Are A-Changin': Declining Immigrant Employment Opportunities in Scandinavia1
Jul 01, 2006; ... This article compares and contrasts male immigrant labor market experiences in Sweden and Denmark during the period 1985-1995. Using register-based panel data sets from Sweden and Denmark, a picture of the employment assimilation process of immigrants from Norway, Poland, and Turkey is ...
Patterns of Participation in Informal Social Activities among Chinese Immigrants in Toronto1
Jul 01, 2006; ... This study addresses two questions. First, among the three major perspectives on integration (i.e., zero-sum, pluralist, and selective integration) suggested in the literature, which is the dominant pattern of the participation level in informal social activities in the ethnic community and in ...
Stress and Distress in Migration: Twenty Years After1
Jul 01, 2006; ... Based on qualitative interviews with a group of immigrant women, "Stress and Distress in Migration: Problems and Resources of Turkish Women in Denmark" was published in this journal in 1984. Twenty years later, the same group was contacted and reinterviewed with the purpose of investigating the ...
Immigration Policy: Methods of Economic Assessment1
Jul 01, 2006; ... This article outlines a set of economic criteria to assess an immigrant-receiving country's immigration policy from three perspectives. These three perspectives include the resident population, the immigrant, and the sending country viewpoints. An expanded version of Julian Simon's financial ...
Immigrants' Language Skills and Visa Category1
Jul 01, 2006; ... This article is concerned with the determinants of English language proficiency among immigrants in a longitudinal survey for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of destination-language proficiency among immigrants ....
The Search for Solutions: Achievements and Challenges
Jul 01, 2006; ... The ninth biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) was held from January 9 to 13, 2005, in São Paulo, Brazil, hosted by the Pontifical Catholic University and the Latin American Parliament. The theme of the conference was "The Search for ...
Germans or Foreigners? Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany
Jul 01, 2006; ... Germans or Foreigners? Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany. Edited by R. Alba, P. Schmidt, and M. Wasmer. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2003. Pp. 308. Germans or Foreigners? is an edited volume that provides important insights into the basic theme of the book ...
In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration
Jul 01, 2006; ... In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration. By Nancy Foner. New York: New York University Press, 2005. Pp. 327. Nancy Foner's latest book, In a New Land, is immensely readable and interesting. Many students and scholars will recognize and find useful Foncr's synthesis of the ...
The Politics of Exclusion: Institutions and Immigration Policy in Contemporary Germany
Jul 01, 2006; ... The Politics of Exclusion: Institutions and Immigration Policy in Contemporary Germany. By Simon Green. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004. Pp. 162. The wide range of policies and issues related to immigration, citizenship, and social integration have become increasingly ...
Muslims' Place in the American Public Square: Hopes, Fears, and Aspirations
Jul 01, 2006; ... Muslims' Place in the American Public Square: Hopes, Fears, and Aspirations. Edited by Zahid H. Bukhari, Sulayman S. Nyang, Mumtaz Ahmad, and John L. Esposito. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2004. Pp. 396. Muslims' Place in the American Public Square is an edited compendium of essays ...
Selecting by Origin: Ethnic Migration in the Liberal State
Jul 01, 2006; ... Selecting by Origin: Ethnic Migration in the Liberal State. By Christian Joppke. Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2005. Pp. 330 + xi. In his new book, Christian Joppke is interested in exploring the tensions surrounding ethnically selective immigrations for liberal ...
New Destinations: Mexican Immigration in the United States/Apple Pie & Enchiladas: Latino Newcomers in the Rural Midwest/The American South in a Global World
Jul 01, 2006; ... New Destinations: Mexican Immigration in the United States. Edited by V. Zufiiga and R. Hernandez-Leon. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2005. Pp. 288. Apple Pie & Enchiladas: Latino Newcomers in the Rural Midwest. Edited by A. V. Millard and J. Chapa. Austin: University of Texas ...