Human migration has reached an unprecedented level, and the numbers are expected to continue growing into the foreseeable future. Host societies and migrants face challenges in ensuring that the benefits of migration accrue to both parties, and that economic and socio-cultural costs are minimized. An insightful comparative examination of the policies and practices that manage and support immigrants to Canada and the United States, Twenty-First-Century Immigration to North America identifies and addresses issues that arose in the early years of the twenty-first century and considers what to expect in the years ahead. The volume begins with an overview of immigration policies and practices in Canada and the United States, then moves to an investigation of the economic and socio-cultural aspects, and concludes with a dialogue on precarious migration. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the editors include research from the areas of psychology, political science, economics, sociology, and public policy. Underscoring the complicated nature of immigration, this collection aims to foster further discussion and inspire future research in Canada and the United States.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-320) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2017.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 325.7109/051
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780773549432 9780773549456
- LCCN
- JV7225.2
- LCCN Item number
- T84 2017eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xi, 338 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00237782 (OCoLC)965149812 (CaOOCEL)452388
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- 21st century immigration to North America
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Copyright 7
- Contents 8
- Tables and Figures 10
- Introduction: Twenty-First-Century Immigration to North America 16
- PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF IMMIGRATION POLICY IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES 26
- 1 Managing Immigration: A Short History of Turbulence and Public Policy 28
- 2 US Immigration Reform 67
- PART TWO: ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF NORTH AMERICAN IMMIGRATION 100
- 3 Economic Outcomes of Immigrants in Canada 102
- 4 Immigration Skill Utilization: Trends and Policy Issues 131
- 5 The Impact of Immigration on the US Labour Market: What Have We Learned since 2000 and What Do We Need to Do Next? 168
- PART THREE: SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF NORTH AMERICAN IMMIGRATION 194
- 6 Assimilation and Its Discontented 196
- 7 Muslim Immigration to North America: The Rise of New Challenges and the Need for New Perspectives 219
- 8 Comparing Immigrant Children in Canada and the United States: Similarities and Differences 246
- PART FOUR: PRECARIOUS MIGRATION: REFUGEES AND UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS IN NORTH AMERICA 276
- 9 Filling the Federal Policy Void: State and Local Responses to Undocumented Immigration in the United States 278
- 10 Value Conflict in Turbulent Times: Shifting Policies on Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, and Undocumented Migrants 304
- Contributors 334
- Index 342
