Adjusting to a World in Motion

Trends in Global Migration and Migration Policy

Edited by Douglas J. Besharov and Mark H. Lopez

International Policy Exchange

The volume will explore topics not covered in other resources, such as migration policies in the wake of the great recession and some interesting diaspora case studies
Contributions from scholars and experts from around the world, representing a range of scholarly disciplines and a diverse pool of academic, public, and private settings.
These features will make the book appealing in markets outside the US

Adjusting to a World in Motion

Trends in Global Migration and Migration Policy

Edited by Douglas J. Besharov and Mark H. Lopez

Description

International migration has reached new heights since the 1960s. Altogether, some 215 million people live in countries other than their countries of birth, and according to surveys, another 700 million say they would leave their homes and move to another country if they could. Nations-both sending and receiving-have responded to this growing international migrant flow with new laws and domestic programs. In receiving countries, they include laws and programs to control entry, encourage high-skilled immigration, develop refugee policy, and speed assimilation. In sending countries, governments are implementing and experimenting with new policies that link migrant diasporas back to their home countries culturally or economically-or both.

This volume contains a series of thoughtful analyses of some of the most critical issues raised in both receiving and sending countries, including US immigration policy, European high skilled labor programs, the experiences of migrants to the Gulf States, the impact of immigration on student educational achievement, and how post-conflict nations connect with their diasporas. This volume will help readers draw lessons for their own countries, and is thus offered in the spirit of mutual learning within a continued international dialogue of research and analysis on migration.

Adjusting to a World in Motion

Trends in Global Migration and Migration Policy

Edited by Douglas J. Besharov and Mark H. Lopez

International Policy Exchange

1. Introduction, Douglas J. Besharov and Mark H. Lopez

Part I: A World in Motion
2. Global Desires to Migrate, Neli Esipova, Rajesh Srinivasan, and Julie Ray
3. Patterns of Global Migration, Ellen L. Berg and Douglas J. Besharov

Part II. The Western Hemisphere
4. Immigrants in the United States: Many, Diverse and Growing, Eileen Patten
5. Declining Mexican Migration to the US, Andrew Selee
6. Educating the Children of Immigrants in the US, Dylan Conger and Rebecca Hinze-Pifer
7. Searching for New Policy Frameworks in the Wake of the Great Recession, Roberto Suro

Part III. Europe
8. The Evolution of EU Migration Policies: Towards a Balanced, Comprehensive and Common Approach? Anja Wiesbrock
9. EU Migration Policies and External Relations, Katharina Eisele
10. Citizenship Policies in the EU, Maarten Peter Vink and Gerard-René de Groot
11. Highly Skilled Migration to the EU and the US, Metka Hercog and Anja Wiesbrock
12. Educational Performance of the Children of Immigrants in Sixteen OECD Countries, Jaap Dronkers and Manon de Heus

Part IV. The Middle East and Asia
13. Middle East Country Migration Policies, Binod Khadria
14. Population Imbalance as a Public Policy Problem in United Arab Emirates, Ahmed Mustafa Elhussein Mansour
15. Indian Migration and "Temporary" Labor Programs in the US, UK, and Netherlands, Mary E. Breeding

Part V: Diaspora Engagement Strategies
16. Diaspora Engagement Policies and the Power of the Strong State: India and Ethiopia, Katie Kuschminder and Metka Hercog (29 pages, 25 without references)
17. Diaspora Engagement Policies after Conflict: Burundi and Rwanda, Sonja Fransen and Melissa Siegel
18. Diaspora Engagement Policies of Countries with Similar Emigration Histories: Morocco and Turkey, Özge Bilgili and Silja Weyel

Adjusting to a World in Motion

Trends in Global Migration and Migration Policy

Edited by Douglas J. Besharov and Mark H. Lopez

International Policy Exchange

Author Information

Douglas J. Besharov is the Norman and Florence Brody Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, where he teaches courses on poverty, welfare, children and families, policy analysis, program evaluation, and performance management. A former president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, he is also a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where he leads a program on international policy exchanges.

Mark Hugo Lopez is the Director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center. He is an author of reports about the Hispanic electorate, Hispanic identity, and US immigration trends. Lopez also coordinates the Center's National Survey of Latinos, an annual nationwide survey of Hispanics. He frequently appears in national and international media in both Spanish and English.

Contributors:

Ellen L. Berg
Department of History
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland, United States

Douglas J. Besharov
School of Public Policy
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland, United States

Özge Bilgili
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and UNU-Merit
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Mary E. Breeding
Independent Evaluation Group
World Bank
Washington, DC, United States

Dylan Conger
Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration
George Washington University
Washington, DC, United States

Gerard-René de Groot
Faculty of Law
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Manon de Heus
Independent writer and journalist
Berlin, Germany

Jaap Dronkers
School of Business and Economics
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Katharina Eisele
Faculty of Law
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Ahmed Mustafa Elhussein Mansour
Department of Political Science
United Arab Emirates University
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Neli Esipova
Gallup
Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Sonja Fransen
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Metka Hercog
Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology
University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Rebecca Hinze-Pifer
Harris School of Public Policy
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Binod Khadria
School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi, India

Katie Kuschminder
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Mark H. Lopez
Pew Research Center
Washington, DC, United States

Eileen Patten
Pew Research Center
Washington, DC, United States

Julie Ray
Gallup
Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Andrew Selee
Wilson Center
Washington, DC, United States

Melissa Siegel
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Rajesh Srinivasan
Gallup
Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Roberto Suro
Price School of Public Policy
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States

Maarten Peter Vink
Department of Political Science
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Silja Weyel
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
Maastricht University
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Anja Wiesbrock
Research Council of Norway
Lysaker, Norway