Immigration and Social Systems: Collected Essays of Michael Bommes (IMISCOE Research) - Softcover

 
9789089644534: Immigration and Social Systems: Collected Essays of Michael Bommes (IMISCOE Research)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9089644539 ISBN 13: 9789089644534
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Michael Bommes was one of the most brilliant and original migration studies scholars of our time. This posthumous collection brings together a selection of his most important work on immigration, integration, transnationalism, irregular migration and migrant networks. Each essay provides a rigorous and compelling critique of mainstream accounts, building on Bommes' distinctive systems theoretic approach. It will be required reading for all theoretically minded scholars and advanced students of migration studies.

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About the Author

Christina Boswell is Professor of Politics, Deputy Dean of Research, College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh.

From the Back Cover

Michael Bommes was one of the most brilliant and original migration studies scholars of our time. This posthumous collection brings together a selection of his most important work on immigration, integration, transnationalism, irregular migration and migrant networks. Each essay provides a rigorous and compelling critique of mainstream accounts, building on Bommes’ distinctive systems theoretic approach. It will be required reading for all theoretically minded scholars and advanced students of migration studies.

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Michael Bommes was one of the most brilliant and original migration studies scholars of our time. This posthumous collection brings together a selection of his most important work on immigration, integration, transnationalism, irregular migration and migrant networks. Each essay provides a rigorous and compelling critique of mainstream accounts, building on Bommes distinctive systems theoretic approach. It will be required reading for all theoretically minded scholars and advanced students of migration studies.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9089644539
ISBN 13 
9789089644534
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
242
Editor
D'Amato Gianni, Boswell Christina