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The GRITIM-UPF Newsletter aims to disseminate selected information on Immigration that contributes to the European approach in the fields of Borders, Diversity, and methodological tools, as well as all GRITIM-UPF activities and news.
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Number 2 - January 2010


 
Borders and Diversity News GRITIM-UPF News

Received Books

International Migration and Citizenship Today. Niklaus Steiner. London: Routledge. 2009 (more)

Backlash against Multiculturalism in Europe: public discourse, policies and practices. S. Vertovec and S. Wessendorf (eds.) London: Routledge. 2010 (more)
 

Selected Journal Articles

(last issues appeared)

Immigrant political incorporation: comparing success in the United States and Western Europe John Mollenkopf and Jennifer Hochschild, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33:1, 19-38

The transnational political practices of Colombians in Spain and the United Kingdom: politics 'here' and 'there' Anastasia Bermudez, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 33:1, 75 - 91


Race, Religion, and the Social Integration of New Immigrant Minorities in Canada Jeffrey G. Reitz, Rupa Banerjee, Mai Phan, Jordan Thompson, International Migration Review, 43:4, 695-726
 

Calls and Conferences


Workshop: International Labour Migration. ILO. Turin, Italy.

Call for papers: The multifaceted economic and political geographies of internal and external EU Borders. ABS. Veroia, Greece.

Call for papers: Religious education in a democratic State. Bar-Ilan University. Ramat Gan, Israel.

Call for papers: Border policies and human movement in the Euro Mediterranean area. WOCMES 2010. Organised by Xavier Aragall (IEMed and GRITIM-UPF) and Ricard Zapata-Barrero (GRITIM-UPF). IEMed. Barcelona.

Other

Clandestino project: Reliablity instead of number games. Final results of an EU-funded research project on Irregular Migration.

The vulnerability of non-Citizens. Christian Joppke. Perspectives on Europe 39:2, 18-21

Reshaping Civil Society in Morocco. Boundary Setting, Integration and Consolidation. Bohdana Dimitrovova. CEPS Working Document. 323 - December 2009

FPI Scholarship: PhD thesis within the project MESE: Migrations Between Senegal and Spain: An Analysis of Migration, Family and Labor Market Trajectories of Senegalese Immigrants in Spain. More information at pau.baizan@upf.edu

Publications

Municipios y dignidad. Ricard Zapata-Barrero. La Vanguardia, 10 December 2009; 24

Un compromiso con la diversidad. Ricard Zapata-Barrero. El Periódico, 30 November 2009; 8 (English Translation: A commitment to Diversity)

El artículo 149.1.2 de la Constitución Española. Santiago Ripol. Itinera Universitas. November 2009. 2-4

Seminars

14th January - 18:00. In the framework of the Master in Immigration Management. Sala Maragall. CIDOB Foundation (Barcelona Center for International Studies):
Eastern Europe Migration Systems
Jobst Koehler
Researcher
International Organisation for Migrations.
 

19th January - 13:30
L'ètica periodística, l'assignatura pendent. Articles sobre immigració.
Jesús Martínez
Lecturer and PhD Candidate
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Department of Journalism
Check the GRITIM-UPF Seminars Calendar

Projects

Fronteras: Political Theory on Borders: Policies and movement of persons in the Euromediterranean. First year dissemination findings. (available by the 15th of January on the web site)

Other informations

GRITIM-UPF Report 2009. Year One. (available on the web site soon).

Bill to provide for the reception of immigrant persons and returnees to Catalonia. Professor Ricard Zapata-Barrero's appearance before the Immigration and Welfare Commission. Catalan Parliament.

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