Out of Albania From Crisis Migration to Social Inclusion in Italy [Hardcover]

Analysing the dynamics of the post-1990 Albanian migration to Italy, this book is the first major study of one of Europes newest, most dramatic yet least understood migrations. It takes a close look at migrants employment, housing and social exclusion in Italy, as well as the process of return migration to Albania. The research described in the book challenges the pervasive stereotype of the bad Albanian and, through in-depth fieldwork on Albanian communities in Italy and back in Albania, provides rich insights into the Albanian experience of migration, settlement and return in both their positive and their negative aspects.

Nicola Maiis Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of European Transformations, London Metropolitan University. Both together and individually, they have published widely in the field of migration studies, specialising in Italy, Albania and other Southern European and Balkan countries.

List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface and Acknowledgements

Chapter 1.Introduction
Chapter 2.The Albanian Background
Chapter 3.Albanian Migration
Chapter 4.From Welcome to Stigmatisation
Chapter 5.Albanian Migrant Lives
Chapter 6.Social Exclusion and Integration
Chapter 7.Return to Albania?

Bibliography
Index

Russell Kingis Professor of Geography at the University of Sussex and Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research.

I strongly believe that this book will soon become a standard reference in studies of Albanian society, Albanian migration, immigration to Italy (and possibly to Greece).?????Panos Hatziprokopiou