This book is a much-needed and refreshing look into the globalized nature of contemporary migration that highlights lesser-known aspects such as temporary workers, expatriates, and Muslims in Europe, and by distilling important academic theories, concepts, and analysis of contemporary immigration into a more accessible text that will hopefully reach a wider, more popular audience.
-C.N. Le, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
This is an indispensable text for faculty teaching about migration issues in an era of globalization. The book packages the latest research in global migration in a way that faculty will be able to easily structure courses around and that students will find not only informative but also thoroughly engaging. I highly recommend it!
-Matthew Ward, Sociology, University of Southern Mississippi
The story of migration is far too unruly to be contained within disciplinary boundaries. With this book, the authors have achieved the near-impossible; they have woven a complex set of arguments into a compelling and teachable narrative. This is a great resource for students of migration and globalization from a variety of disciplines.
-Raza Mir, Seymour Hyman Professor of Management, William Paterson University
This book combines succinct summaries of classics ideas with carefully selected and contextualized empirical facts, and presents a number of most pressing issues in international migration today in a highly accessible, to-the-point manner. A wonderful introduction to migration studies and related subjects. Highly recommended.
-Mika Toyota, College of Tourism, Rikkyo University, Japan
Many academic books claim to be readable. Few are actually a good read, but this one really is. It's lucid, focused essay covers the high-flyers, and low-flyers in global migration, and provide detailed descriptions, as well as, clear summaries of the economic, cultural, legal and political contexts of globalization and migration. This is a perfect introductory volume for undergraduate students, and an excellent companion to more traditional readers on global migration.
-James Farrer, Global Studies, Sophia University
The issues surrounding immigration are often complex, but in Migration, Incorporation, and Change in an Interconnected World Ali and Hartmann have produced a quite accessible and persuasive analysis of this global phenomenon. Students of the field, at different levels, will find the book very useful.
-Milton Vickerman, Sociology, University of Virginia
