Strangers No More

A welcome stocktaking of how 'low-status' immigrants have fared in North America and several Western European countries. The value added by this volume is the compact compilation of comparative data on key domains of integration, from the labor market to intermarriage. --Christian Joppke, American Journal of Sociology Richard Alba and Nancy Foner have written what will undoubtedly become the go-to' book for comparisons of immigration on both sides of the Atlantic. Clearly written, meticulously researched, and insightfully analyzed, Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe helps readers easily capture the broad mechanisms driving migration and integration today. --Peggy Levitt, Contemporary Sociology Richard Alba and Nancy Foner took on an impossible task: to write a comprehensive, but also empirically grounded, account of the integration of people they call 'low-status' migrants, across the main distinct fields of integration, covering the experiences of the four main Western European immigration countries and the US and Canada, all within a country comparative framework. Given this high ambition with regard to substance and scope, this book stands unrivalled and unmatched as an achievement. Few scholars possess the depth of knowledge or mastery of the arts to take on such a challenge. Remarkably, the book delivers such a high degree of informed understanding across the boards that it will stand as a benchmark and reference point for leading and junior scholars, as well as advanced students and informed publics. --Paul Statham, Ethnic and Racial Studies Review [An] extraordinary and interesting book... [This] book, a rich and nuanced view of immigration in these six countries, should be required reading for understanding how these six nations deal with immigrants and their integration into the larger society. --David M. Reimers, Journal of American Studies This study really is comparative immigration scholarship at its very best. It exposes best practices and successes, encourages countries to learn from each other, and contends that existing problems can be solved and integration achieved. At a time when both North America and Western Europe's diversity is too often portrayed as an insurmountable challenge, this book gives us hope. --Sarah Hackett, Patterns of Prejudice