PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Nissa Finney, University of Manchester, UK and Gemma Catney, University of Liverpool, UK. Philip Rees, Gemma Catney, Nissa Finney, Helga de Valk, Didier Willaert, John Stillwell, Sarah McNulty, Jorge Malheiros, Sako Musterd, Wouter van Gent, Nir Cohen, Amir Hefetz, Daniel Czamanski, David Manley, Sergi Vidal, Michael Windzio, Ibrahim Sirkeci, Jeffrey H. Cohen, Neriman Can, George Kandylis, Thomas Maloutas, Joaquin Recano-Valverde, Veronica de Miguel-Luken, Roger Andersson, Albert Sabater, Jordi Bayona, Andreu Domingo.
This book, with its 13 case study chapters and impressive bibliography, clearly shows that minority internal migration research is now as vibrant in Europe as in the traditional immigration countries of the New World. These chapters benefit greatly from following a consistent structure in which overviews of immigration history and policy lead on to discussion of conceptual and theoretical frameworks and to new, mainly nationally-based, empirical analyses. The editors' opening and closing chapters reinforce the themes of importance of place and diversity of experience, serving as a powerful reminder of the dangers of generalising about immigration and its impacts on sub-national population structures and distributions. I also applaud their concluding research agenda that challenges us to take advantage of the 2010 census round and other sources to update and deepen our knowledge and understanding of this migration.Tony Champion, Newcastle University, UK
