Immigration and Asylum ― From 1900 to the Present

An international group of scholars authored the entries in this A-Z reference. The entries consider issues associated with forced migration and asylum, the causes of forced migration, various political groups and laws, and, most commonly, individual examples of the places and events that caused masses of people to leave their homes for a foreign refuge. A sample of entry topics includes AIDS and migration, the Armenian diaspora, citizenship, ethnic cleansing (both as a general concept, then in multiple entries of individual examples); family reunification, Roma, trafficking, visas, and white Australia policy. The entries are signed; each concludes with a list of cross-references and a bibliography. Volume 3 is devoted to original documents and the index. Gibney is with the Refugee Studies Centre and Hansen is at Merton College, both at the U. of Oxford, UK. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Matthew J. Gibney, PhD, is Elizabeth Colson Lecturer in Forced Migration at the Refugee Studies Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford and Official Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford, England.

Randall Hansen, PhD, is fellow and tutor in politics at Merton College, University of Oxford, and lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.