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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459494303321

Titolo

National approaches to the administration of international migration [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peri E. Arnold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, D.C., : IOS Press, 2010

ISBN

6612880422

1-282-88042-X

9786612880421

1-60750-599-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

International Institute of Administrative Sciences monographs, , 1382-4414 ; ; v. 31

Cahier d'histoire de l'administration ; ; no 10

Altri autori (Persone)

ArnoldPeri E. <1942->

Disciplina

323.6

323.6/31

323.631

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Emigration and immigration - Government policy

Emigration and immigration law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Foreword; Contents; National Approaches to the Administration of International Migration; National Reports; Populate or Perish. Populate and Perish? Australian Immigration; Governance of Migration in the Habsburg Monarchy and the Republic of Austria; Management of Migration Flows in Belgium (19th-20th Centuries): From an Emigrant Country to a Country Welcoming Immigration; Emigration and Immigration in Germany. Situations, Problems, and Administrative Tools; Emigration and Immigration in Greece: Past and Present; The Governance of Emigration in Italy (1861-2001)

The Administration of Dutch Migration, 19th and 20th CenturiesAdministrative History of Foreign Migration in Spain: 19th and 20th Centuries; The Administrative History of Population Migration, 1800 to the Present: UK Report; The Administration of Migration in the



United States, 1800-2000; Conclusion: Migration, the State and the International System; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Migration has always been a part of the human experience: human history began with the migration of our distant ancestors from their place of origin. But today, immigration is a politically sensitive subject in most of the affluent nations of the world, in many of which one tenth or more of the population were foreign born. And it is a problem which is on the increase. It is estimated that there were 75.5 million international migrants worldwide in 1960; in 2005 that number had risen to 190.6 million. This book is the tenth volume in a series from the IIAS/IISA Working Group on Administrative