Guests and Aliens - Softcover

Sassen, Saskia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565846087 ISBN 13: 9781565846081

Publisher: THE NEW PRESS, 2000

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Synopsis:

Saskia Sassen, one of the world's leading experts on globalization, presents a comprehensive analysis of worldwide immigration. Establishing the current "crisis" of immigration in a historical context, Sassen puts today's situation into perspective as one phase of a global history of border-crossing. She describes the mass immigrations of Italians and Eastern European Jews during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the international dislocations - particularly after the end of World War II - that have endangered the "refugee" concept. Using these examples, Sassen explores the causes of immigration that have resulted in nations; either welcoming new arrivals as "guests" or disparaging them as "aliens". She then outlines an "enlightened approach" (Publishers Weekly), to improving our own immigration policies.

About the Author:

Saskia Sassen is a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. Her previous books include "The Global City," The Mobility of Labor and Capital, "Losing Control," and "Guests and Aliens."

About this edition

• Publisher: THE NEW PRESS
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1565846087
• ISBN 13: 9781565846081
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206