Provides a historical and global perspective on the growth of global migration since 1945.

This book, written by one of the leading authorities on migration, traces the growth of global migration since 1945, showing how it has produced fundamental economic, social and cultural changes in most parts of the world. Using techniques of comparative analysis the book shows the gap between global migration and policy. As the postwar demand for labour outstripped supply, flows of ethnic migration were encouraged throughout the developed Western countries. The rooting of new ethnicities in different soils was neither planned or managed effectively. The book shows how the economic demand for work has been supplemented by the demand from asylum seekers to recognize injustice and oppression. The book also examines the emergence of multicultural societies and the impact of this on traditional concepts of citizenship, culture and identity.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Thirty Years of Research on Migration and Multicultural Societies PART TWO: WESTERN EUROPE: THE 'GUESTS' WHO STAYED The Function of Labour Migration in Western Europe The Social Time-Bomb

Education of an Underclass in West Germany The Guest-Worker in Western Europe

An Obituary PART THREE: THE GLOBALIZATION OF MIGRATION Migration and Minorities in Europe

Perspectives for the 1990s - Eleven Hypotheses Contract Labour Migration Migrations in the Asia-Pacific Region

Before and After the Crisis Globalization and Migration

Some Pressing Contradictions PART FOUR: MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES AS A CHALLENGE TO THE NATION-STATE Multicultural Citizenship

The Australian Experience Explaining Racism in the New Germany The Racisms of Globalization Citizenship and the Other in the Age of Migration