The past two decades have witnessed a sea change in migration scholarship. Most scholars
now recognize that many contemporary migrants and their predecessors maintain various …

This article reviews the growth of the field of refugee studies, focusing on its links with, and
impact on, refugee policy. The last fifty years, and especially the last two decades, have …

This article provides evidence-based results regarding current debates on transnationalism.
It draws on the content analysis of the 50 most cited (according to the major academic …

The notion of 'immigrant integration'is used everywhere–by politicians, policy makers,
journalists and researchers–as an all-encompassing framework for rebuilding 'unity from …

Diaspora and transnationalism are widely used concepts in academic as well as political
discourses. Although originally referring to quite different phenomena, they increasingly …

The attention paid by international organisations to the link between migration and
development in migrants' origin countries has highlighted the need to revisit approaches to …

How is the internet transforming the relationships between citizens and states? What
happens to politics when international migration is coupled with digital media, making it …

In contrast to other disciplines, social psychology has been slow in responding to the
questions posed by the issue of ethnicity. The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity, Second …

This introduction explores reasons for the continuing debate on the subject of
transnationalism and persistent scepticism about the significance of the topic. The basis for …

This article critically examines transnational political engagement of migrants and refugees
in local, national and global political processes. Based on inductive reading of existing …