Cities and labour immigration [[electronic resource] ] : comparing policy responses in Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Tel Aviv / / by Michael Alexander

• Autore: Alexander Michael <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.6/2
• Soggetto topico: Foreign workers - Government policy - Europe; Foreign workers - Government policy - Israel - Tel Aviv; Urban policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables and Boxes; Preface; 1 Strangers at the City Gates; 2 Host-Stranger Relations in Theory and Practice; 3 Local Policies Toward Migrants - a Typology; 4 Rome: From Non-Policy to Delegation; 5 Tel Aviv: The Limits of Liberalism in a Guestworker Regime; 6 Paris: A Century of Assimilation; 7 Amsterdam: Pluralism and its Discontents; 8 Summary and Conclusions; Appendix: List of Interviews; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Using a unique analytical framework based on host-stranger relations, this book explores the response of cities to the settlement of labour immigrants. Comparing the local policies of four cities - Paris, Amsterdam, Rome and Tel Aviv - Michael Alexander charts the development of migrant policies over time and situates them within the broader social context, providing a fuller understanding of the interaction between cities and their migrant populations.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cities and labour immigration
• ISBN: 0-429-33371-4; 1-351-16171-7; 1-351-16170-9; 1-281-09893-0; 9786611098933; 0-7546-8586-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457974803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in migration and ethnic relations series.