Despite a quarter-century of constructivist theorizing in the social sciences and humanities,
ethnic groups continue to be conceived as entities and cast as actors. Journalists …

Though nationhood is typically understood to be an equalizing or horizontal concept, the
phenomenon of ethnic return migration has shown that states as well as societies can draw …

There are more than 700,000 Bulgaristanlı migrants residing in Turkey. Immigrants from
Bulgaria who are ethnically Turkish, they assume certain privileges because of these ethnic …

Within the context of a changing economic environment since 1990, the westward migration
of Romanian citizens continues. As various recent surveys reveal, the potential for migration …

This paper examines changing German and Korean policies towards transborder coethnics
(Germans in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and Koreans in Japan and China) …

We argue that regional comparison of East Asian and European ethnic return migration
policy offers important new perspectives on nationhood, nondiscrimination norms, and trans …

The second period of Chinese prostitution in CA (ca. 1854–1925) was characterized by a
widespread organization of the trade.... Luring and kidnapping were the more frequent …

In this paper we review the significant political events and economic forces shaping
contemporary migration within and into Europe. Various data sources are deployed to …

This chapter explores the interface of language acquisition/proficiency and immigrant
identity in Russian-Hebrew and Russian-German preschool children. Both language and …

This chapter considers the specificity or otherwise of migrants' experiences of return to
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Like other contributions to this Handbook, the chapter …