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Livre

Guests and Aliens

Date

2015

Auteurs

Saskia Sassen

Résumé

Guests and Aliens presents a comprehensive analysis of worldwide immigration by one of the world’s leading experts on globalization. Putting the current “crisis” of immigration into a historical context for the first time, Sassen suggests that the American experience represents only one phase in a history of global border crossing. She describes the mass migrations of Italians and Eastern European Jews during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the international dislocations—particularly after the end of World War II—that have engendered the “refugee” concept. Using these examples, Sassen explores the causes of immigration that have resulted in nations’ welcoming incomers as “guests” or disparaging them as “aliens,” and outlines an “enlightened approach” (Publishers Weekly) to improving US and European immigration policies.

Number of pages

195

Lieu de publication

New York, NY

Éditeur

The New Press

Mots-clés

Globalization, International Dislocation, Refugee

Types de contenu

Policy analysis, Current Policy et Past policies

Groupes cibles

Législateurs et Sensibilisation du public

Pertinence géographique

France, Italie, Allemagne et Regional relevance

Sphères d’activité

Études culturelles et ethniques, Géographie, Histoire et Demography

Langues

Anglais