Critical Reflections on Migration 'Race' and Multiculturalism

<p>Migration and its associated social practices and consequences have been studied within a multitude of academic disciplines and in the context of policies at local national and regional level.</p><p></p><p>This edited collection provides an introduction and critical review of conceptual developments and policy contexts of migration scholarship within an Australian and global context through:</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>political economy analyses of migration and associated transformations;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>sociological analyses of ‘settling in’ processes; </li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>multi-disciplinary analyses of migrant work;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>a historical review of scholarship on refugees;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>a Southern theory approach to cultural diversity;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>sociological reflections on post-nationalism;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Cultural Studies analyses of public culture and ‘second generation’ youth cultures;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>interdisciplinary and Critical Race analyses of ‘race’ and racism;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>feminist intersectional analyses of migration belonging and representation;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>the theorising of cosmopolitanism;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>a transdisciplinary analysis of gender transnational families and care; and</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>a comparative transcontextual analysis of hybridity.</li> <br><br> </ul><p></p><p>An essential contribution to the current mapping of migration studies with a focus on Australian scholarship in its international context this collection will be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduates interested in fields such as Sociology Cultural Studies Geography and Politics.</p>