Asian migrants and European labour markets [[electronic resource] ] : patterns and processes of immigrant labour market insertion in Europe / / edited by Ernst Spaan, Felicitas Hillmann, and Ton van Naerssen

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.6/2504
• Soggetto topico: Foreign workers, Asian - Europe
• Altri autori: SpaanErnst HillmannFelicitas NaerssenA. L. van
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Landscapes of Asian migrant labour in Europe / Felicitas Hillmann, Ton van Naerssen, and Ernst Spaan -- "Within the system" : Asian immigration and the EU labour market -- Not all can win : Asians in the British labour market / Giles A. Barrett and David McEvoy -- Chinese immigration and (ethnic) labour market in France / Emmanuel Ma Mung -- On nurses and news vendors : Asian immigrants on the Vienna labour market / Ursula Reeger and Christianne Hintermann -- Riders on the storm : Vietnamese in Germany's two migration systems / Felicitas Hillmann -- Labour migration into Poland : the case of the Vietnamese community / Krystyna Iglicka -- "Coming in" : specific incorporation trajectories of Asian migrants -- South Asian women and employment in Britain : diversity and social change / Fauzia Ahmad, Stephen Lissenburg, and Tariq Modood -- The milky way to labour market insertion : the Sikh "community" in Lombardy / Maria José Compiani and Fabio Quassoli -- Filipinas in Spain : professional stagnation as an adaptation strategy / Natalia Ribas and Laura Oso -- Filipina women as domestic workers in Paris : a transitional labour market enabling the fulfilment of life projects? / Liane Mozère -- "Self-employment and entrepreneurship among Asian immigrants in Europe -- Asians on the Norwegian labour market : industrial concentration and self-employment careers / Geir Inge Orderud and Knut Onsager -- Asian business strategies in the United Kingdom : a qualitative assessment / Monder Ram and Trevor Jones -- Asian immigrants and entrepreneurs in the Netherlands / Ernst Spaan, Ton van Naerssen, and Harry van den Tillaart -- Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs in Italy : strengths and weaknesses of an ethnic enclave economy / Daniele Cologna -- Chinese entrepreneurship in Spain : the seeds of Chinatown / Joaquín Beltrán Antolin -- The working of networking : ethnic networks as social capital among Chinese migrant businesses in Germany / Maggi Leung.
• Sommario/riassunto: In an era of globalization and demographic transition international migration has become an important issue for European governments. The past decades have seen an increasing and diversifying flow of migrants from different parts of the world, including many from South, Southeast and East Asia. It has become apparent that in several European countries the demand for workers in certain sectors of the labour market is increasing and that Asia has become the source for these workers.This collection explores the phenomenon of Asian immigration in Europe, particularly focusing on the ways
• Titolo autorizzato: Asian migrants and European labour markets
• ISBN: 1-134-21746-3; 1-281-15813-5; 9786611158132; 0-203-01605-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816697103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in population and migration ; ; v.7.