Comment of the Day winners

26 11 2012

Congratulations to our comment of the day winners for the migration conference. These thoughtful contributors to the discussion will receive free access to the online version of the Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, hosted on Wiley Online Library.

Monday Mark Teboboth

Tuesday Tamara Last

Wednesday Almpoura Efstratia

Thursday Alexandria Innes

Friday Valentina Mazzucato

Thank you to all of our conference delegates who participated in the stimulating discussions during this conference; the breadth of experience, location, and field of study among our participants has helped make this event a valuable and successful experience.





The Conference Ends…but Discussion Continues

12 11 2012

By Adam Ziaja (http://ziaja.name) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsMany thanks to all of you who attended the Wiley-Blackwell Exchanges conference last week!

We were astounded by the response with over 2,600 delegates registering from 146 countries. Many thanks to all the keynote speakers, authors, presenters and delegates who took part in discussions around the sessions – there were some great exchanges, all of which you can still read.

All conference content will remain available for several weeks, and we encourage you to keep up the stimulating discussions!





Access Key Research from International Migration and International Migration Review

9 11 2012

International Migration

We are pleased to celebrate 50 years of International Migration and would like to offer our readers 60 days free access to to all Journal content back to 1963, including all the latest special issues on Transnational Migration, Women and Migration, Human Trafficking and more! International Migration is a leading refereed, policy oriented journal on migration issues as analysed by demographers, economists, sociologists, political scientists and other social scientists from all parts of the world. It is published on behalf of the International Organization for Migration.

International Migration Review

Globally regarded as the principal journal in the field, International Migration Review encourages and facilitates the study of all aspects of sociodemographic, historical, economic, political, legislative and pastoral aspects of human mobility. It is published on behalf of the Center for Migration Studies.





Question of the Day: The Economics of Migration

9 11 2012

As labor migration expands dramatically throughout the world, economic remittances from destination countries are by all accounts a major source of income for those left in impoverished source countries and regions.   Scholars of migration differ on the consequence of remittances.  Does your research demonstrate that remittances are a major source of economic development in countries of origin?  Should we consider remittances a useful concept in understanding the development of meaningful economic growth in source countries?

Click through the hyperlinks above to see the Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration‘s overview of these key issues in migration studies. Comment below and let us know how your research intersects with these concepts. Comments will be counted toward the daily “best comment” competition during the conference.

The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration is an excellent all-in-one resource for students and researchers seeking baseline knowledge of key issues in this field. Recommend to your library today!





Books: Africans in the Caribbean and Latin America, by Frederick D. Opie

9 11 2012

Visit the Wiley Online Library through this link to read this chapter online or to download the PDF.

Encyclopedia of Global Human MigrationThis is a freely available chapter from A Companion to African American History, edited by Alton Hornsby, available on Wiley Online Library or in print and ebook formats. This Companion comprises a collection of original and authoritative essays arranged thematically and topically, covering a wide range of subjects from the seventeenth century to the present day.





Win a free trial to the Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration!

9 11 2012

In celebration of migration studies, Migration in a Changing World is offering 30-day free trials to the Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration to the top five comments of the conference. The conference team will judge comments based on their relevance, depth, insight, and importance. We encourage all conference delegates to participate in discussions about the articles, chapters, and other reading material available in the reading room and throughout the conference. Winners of the 30-day free trial will be announced at the end of the conference, and free trial recipients will receive their trial login details via email. So on behalf of the conference team… go out and comment!

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Books: Social Experiments, by Lawrence A. Clayton

9 11 2012

Visit the Wiley Online Library through this link to read this chapter online or to download the PDF.

Encyclopedia of Global Human MigrationThis is a freely available chapter from Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas, by Lawrence A. Clayton, available on Wiley Online Library or in print and ebook formats. It presents a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience of Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican friar who fervently defended the American Indians, and the single most important figure of the period after Columbus.








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