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Presenting empirical information relating to young people of Black, White, Asian and Chinese interethnic backgrounds, this book examines the impact that inter-religious relationships have upon young people's sense of identity, also discussing the implications of the election of America's first interethnic president.

Offers a contribution to critical race theory. This book provides an anthropological account of the cultural hegemony of the West through investigations of the central and pivotal constituent of the dominant white discourse of Britishness - the Invisible Empire.

Demonstrates the significance of studying migration through the lens of gender and ethnicity, and the contribution this perspective makes to migration histories. Through a consideration of the impact of migration on men and masculine identities as well as women and feminine identities, this book helps understand questions of gender and migration.

Examines where, when and how minority ethnic groups miss out on educational opportunities. This title provides a fresh approach to examining the long-standing debates over ethnicity, and in particular ethnic differences in educational achievement.

Presenting rich empirical data gathered among second-generation Italians in Switzerland and southern Italy, and drawing on studies undertaken in other parts of Europe and the US, this book investigates why as adults, members of the second generation maintain diverging transnational relations.

Exploring attempts by various actors - institutions, groups, individuals - to create transnational European identities, this book scrutinizes the cultural formations that have either reignited or emerged in often contradictory relations to the EU project, including local, regional and transnational allegiances.

Explores the processes of economic migration, the social conditions that follow it and the discourses that underlie research into it. Presenting economic migration and the process of studying and creating knowledge about it, this book addresses whether enquiries into modernity bring a comprehension of the nature of dislocation and movement.

Issues of cultural hybridity, diaspora and identity are central to debates on ethnicity and race. This book uses these ideas to explore cultural production by British South Asian women including Monica Ali, Meera Syal and Gurinder Chadha. It also provides a sociological analysis of the contexts and experiences of the British South Asian community.

By addressing the question of how migrants legally and symbolically lay claim to owning and belonging to place, this title refocuses our attention on the micro-politics and everyday rituals of place-making, that are central to the construction of migrant identities.

Offers a holistic analysis of contemporary lifestyle migrations, exploring the expectations and aspirations which inform and drive migration alongside the realities of life within the destination. This title recognizes the structural conditions (and constraints) which frame lifestyle migration, laying the groundwork for intellectual enquiry.