Böcker av Ricard Zapata-Barrero

This open access Regional Reader describes population movement circulating within the Mediterranean area, for any reason or from any region, be them European, African, Asian or originating from any of the Mediterranean shores. It showcases a plurality of approaches to and applications of Mediterranean migration, contributing to a regional approach to migration studies, thereby defending this regional approach by scaling Mediterranean migration issues. This book covers a large set of questions related Mediterranean migrations to the migration research agenda, such as: market and economy, politics and policies, super-diversity and intersectionality, media, society, welfare and the environment through five main parts: Geo-political Mediterranean Relations, Governance, Policies and Politics, Mobility drivers and Agency, Cities, History and Social Transformations, and Economy and Labour Markets. This Regional Reader provides an interesting read to scholars, researchers, but also policy makers and civil society organizations' high representatives, international foundations and institutions interested in linking the Mediterranean and migration.

The author analyzes in depth three case studies, which have been at the forefront of the Spanish political and social agenda these last decades: education, the workplace, and political rights. -- .

Investigating the European dimension of multiculturalism and immigration, this book argues that political theory discourse of multiculturalism and resulting EU policies assume an interpretation of liberalism developed from the American experience. It also argues that this issue must be addressed as the European experience is entirely different.