Social Transformation and Migration: National and Local Experiences in South Korea, Turkey, Mexico and Australia [Hardcover]

This book examines theories and specific experiences of international migration and social transformation, with special reference to the effects of neo-liberal globalization on four societies with vastly different historical and cultural characteristics: South Korea, Australia, Turkey and Mexico.1. International Human Mobility: Key Issues and Challenges to Social Theory; Stephen Castles PART I: METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES 2. Towards a Multi-Scalar Methodology: The Challenges of Studying Social Transformation and International Migration; Rebecca Williamson 3. The Virtues and Challenges of Comparative Analyses of Immigration, Migrant Settlement and Transnationalism; Kevin Dunn and Alanna Kamp 4. The Temporalities of International Migration: Implications for Ethnographic Research; Shanthi Robertson PART II: CASE-STUDY INSIGHTS: SOUTH KOREA 5. The Political Economy of Immigration in South Korea; Dong-hoon Seol 6. An Overview of International Migration to South Korea; Hye-Kyung Lee 7. From Salt Fields to 'Multicultural Village Special Zone': The Transformation of a Migrant City in South Korea; Chulhyo Kim PART III: CASE-STUDY INSIGHTS: TURKEY 8. Migration Realities and State Responses: Rethinking International Migration Policies in Turkey; Ahmet ??duygu and Damla B. Aksel 9. Turkey's Neoliberal Transformation and Changing Migration Regime: The Case of Female Migrant Workers; Mine Eder 10. Migration Flows in Neoliberal Turkey: The Case of Kumkap?, Istanbul; Derya Ozkul PART IV: CASE-STUDY INSIGHTS: MEXICO 11. From Casa Blanca to Tulsa: A Social Transformation Analysis of Mexican Migration in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization; Magdalena Arias Cubas 12. The Return of Migrants in the United States to Mexico: Impacts and Challenges for Zacatecas; Rodolfo Garc?a Zamora, Alondra Ambriz Nava and Patricia Herrera Castro 13. Unravelling Mexican Highly Skilled Migration in the Context of Neoliberal Globalization; Ra?l Delgado Wise PART V: CASE STUDY INSIGHTS: AUSTRALIA 14. 'In the Bl“ž