COMPAS Working Papers
Series Editor – Ali Rogers
The working paper series is designed to communicate work in progress and to disseminate key findings in areas related to the core research themes of COMPAS. The series includes contributions from COMPAS staff, colleagues and invited authors.
For further information please contact Emma Newcombe – emma.newcombe@compas.ox.ac.uk
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| WP-08-04 | Transnationalising Civil Society?: 'Theoretical and Empirical Reflections on how to Transnationalise Citizenship
Martin Bak Jorgensen |
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| WP-08-03 | The Paper Market:'borrowing' and 'renting' of identity documents |
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| WP-08-02 | A Ritual Economy of ‘Talent': China and Overseas Chinese Professionals |
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| WP-08-01 | Local Attachments and Transnational Everyday Lives: Second Generation Italians in Switzerland |
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| WP-07-58 | Libyan Nationals in the United Kingdom: Geo-political considerations and trends in asylum and return Brad Blitz |
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| WP-07-57 | New Europeans on the move: a preliminary review of the onward migration of refugees within the European Union Anna Lindley and Nicholas Van Hear |
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| WP-07-56 | Legality and Labour: Chinese Migration, Neoliberalism and the State in the UK and China Frank N. Pieke & Xiang Biao |
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| WP-07-55 | Battles in Time: the Relation between Global and Labour Mobilities Bridget Anderson |
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| WP-07-54 | Between courting and
controlling: The Moroccan
state and ‘its' emigrants Hein de Haas |
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| WP-07-53 | Accommodating diversity: why current critiques of multiculturalism miss the point Ellie Vasta |
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| WP-07-52 | ‘London the Leveller': Ghanaian work strategies and community solidarity Ellie Vasta and Leander Kandilige |
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| WP-07-51 | Are you being served? Employer demand for migrant labour in the UK 's hospitality sector Gareth Matthews and Martin Ruhs |
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| WP-07-50 | Anthropological Perspectives on Migrants' Political Engagements Davide Però |
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| WP-07-49 | Political exclusion and the politics of recognition among the second generation: the Swiss citizenship debate Susanne Wessendorf |
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| WP-07-48 | Motherhood, Apple Pie and Slavery: Reflections on Trafficking Debates Bridget Anderson |
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| WP-07-47 | The early morning phonecall: remittances from a refugee diaspora perspective Anna Lindley |
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| WP-07-46 | French and British models of integration public philosophies, policies and state institutions Christophe Bertossi |
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| WP-07-45 | The 2006 French Immigration and Integration Law: Europeanisation or Nicolas Sarkozy's Presidential Keystone? Meng-Hsuan Chou and Nicolas Baygert |
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| WP-07-44 | How (not) to think about ethnicity in immigrant societies: A boundary making perspective Andreas Wimmer |
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| WP-07-43 | The role of transnational networks and legal status in securing a living: Ghanaian migrants in The Netherlands Valentina Mazzucato |
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| WP-07-42 | Differentiating irregularity and solidarity: Turkish Immigrants at work in London Aykan Erdemir and Ellie Vasta |
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| WP-06-41 | Diasporas good? Diasporas bad? Steven Vertovec |
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| WP-06-40 | Numbers vs. Rights: Trade-offs and guest worker programmes Martin Ruhs and Philip Martin |
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| WP-06-39 | Colombian migration to Europe: Political transnationalism in the middle of conflict Anastasia Bermúdez Torres |
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| WP-06-38 | Greasing the wheels of the flexible labour market: East European labour immigration in the UK Martin Ruhs |
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| WP-06-37 | EU and the Migration-Development Nexus: What Prospects for EU-Wide Policies? Meng-Hsuan Chou |
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| WP-06-36 | The Externalisation of EU Asylum Policy: The Position of African States Alexander Betts and James Milner |
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| WP-06-35 | 'Roots-migrants':transnationalism and 'return' among second-generation Italians in Switzerland Susanne Wessendorf |
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| WP-06-34 | Can the government manage migration? A study of UK legislation and policy from 1996-2006 Cathy Gardner |
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| WP-06-33 | Crossing the fringes of Europe: Transit migration in the EU's neighbourhood Franck Düvell |
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| WP-06-32 | Diaspora Engagement Policies: What are they, and what kinds of states use them? Alan Gamlen |
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| WP-06-31 | States of insecurity: Consequences of Saharan transit migration Michael Collyer |
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| WP-06-30 | Semi-compliance in the migrant labour market Martin Ruhs and Bridget Anderson |
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| WP-06-29 | Islam as a symbol of protest: Reactions of Dutch-Moroccan youths to the Debate on Islam Lenie Brouwer |
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| WP-06-28 | A very private business: migration and domestic work Bridget Anderson |
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| WP-06-27 | How to Balance Rights and Responsibilities on Asylum at the EU's Southern Border of Italy and Libya Rutvica Andrijasevic |
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| WP-06-26 | From Ethnic Minorities to Ethnic Majority Policy: changing identities and the shift to assimilationism in the Netherlands Ellie Vasta |
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| WP-06-25 | The Emergence of Super-Diversity in Britain Steven Vertovec |
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| WP-05-24 | Community and Identity in the New Chinese Migration Order Frank N. Pieke |
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| WP-05-23 | Evidence on Attitudes to Asylum and Immigration: What We Know, Don't Know and Need to Know Heaven Crawley |
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| WP-05-22 | Re-casting Societies in Conflict Nicholas Van Hear |
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| WP-05-21 | Deserving of Decent Work: The Complications of Organizing Irregular Workers Without Legal Rights Nicole Silverman |
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| WP-05-20 | The Realities of a New Asylum Paradigm Liza Schuster |
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| WP-05-19 | Immigrants and the Politics of Governance in Barcelona Davide Però |
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| WP-05-18 | Migration and Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Diversity in Europe : An overview of issues and trends |
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| WP-05-17 | International Migration and Knowledge |
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| WP-05-16 | Does Migration Research Matter in China ? A Review of Migration Research and its Relations to Policy Since the 1980s |
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| WP-05-15 | “No Pizza without Migrants”: Between the Politics of Identity and Transnationalism: Second-Generation Italians in Switzerland Susanne Wessendorf |
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| WP-05-14 | Backlash Against Diversity? Identity and Cultural Politics in European Cities |
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| WP-05-13 | The Political Importance of Diasporas |
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| WP-05-12 | How far are the left-behind left behind? A preliminary study in rural China |
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| WP-05-11 | Theoretical Fashions in Australian Immigration Research |
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| WP-05-10 | The Brain Drain is Dead, Long Live the New Zealand Diaspora Alan Gamlen |
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| WP-05-09 | What does 'efficiency' mean in the context of the global refugee regime? |
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| WP-04-08 | Policy options for increasing the benefits of remittances |
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| WP-04-07 | Migration and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Literature Review with Focus on Peru and Argentina |
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| WP-04-06 | 'I went as far as my money would take me': conflict, forced migration and class |
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| WP-04-05 | The epidemiology of migration and AIDS in South Africa |
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| WP-04-04 |
Skilled health professionals' migration and its impact on health delivery in Zimbabwe |
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| WP-04-03 | Trends and Impacts of Migrant Transnationalism Steven Vertovec |
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| WP-04-02 | Informal Employment and Immigrant Networks: A Review Paper Ellie Vasta |
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| WP-04-01 | The Exclusion of Asylum Seekers in Europe Liza Schuster |
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