Book Reviews

The Politics of Compassion: Immigration and Asylum Policy

Steven W. Bender of Seattle University School of Law reviews The Politics of Compassion: Immigration and Asylum Policy by Ala Sirriyeh. Addressing questions of loss, (be)longing, fears of an immigration ‘invasion’ or perceived injustices in immigration policies, Sirriyeh explores how...

Domestic Economies: Women, Work and the American Dream in Los Angeles

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas of the University of Southern California reviews Domestic Economies: Women, Work and the American Dream in Los Angeles by Susanna Rosenbaum. Rosenbaum examines how two groups of women—Mexican and Central American domestic workers and the predominantly white,...

Why Control Immigration? Strategic Uses of Migration Management in Russia

Natalia Zotova of Ohio State University reviews Why Control Immigration? Strategic Uses of Migration Management in Russia by Caress Schenk. In the new book from the University of Toronto Press, Caress Schenk explores migration management in Russia as a window...

Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change

Grace Yukich of Quinnipiac University reviews Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change by Janelle S. Wong. Janelle S. Wong examines how immigration from Asia and Latin America reshapes the demographic composition of the U.S. While some analysts have...

Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change

Gender and U.S. Immigration: Contemporary Trends

Monica Boyd of University of Toronto reviews Gender and U.S. Immigration: Contemporary Trends by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo posits that resurgent immigration is one of the most powerful forces disrupting and realigning everyday life in the United States and elsewhere, and...

Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City

Arturo Ignacio Sánchez of Barnard College reviews Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City by Arlene Dávila. Arlene Dávila brilliantly considers the cultural politics of urban space in this lively exploration of Puerto Rican and Latino experience in New...

The European Union and Internal Security. Guardian of the People?

Orlando Rodriguez of Fordham University reviews The European Union and Internal Security. Guardian of the People? by Valsamis Mitsilegas, Jorg Monar, and Wyn Rees. Valsamis Mitsilegas, Jorg Monar, and Wyn Rees show that during the post-Cold war period new security...

From Cuenca to Queens: An Anthropological Story of Transnational Migration

O. Hugo Benavides of Fordham University reviews From Cuenca to Queens: An Anthropological Story of Transnational Migration by Ann Miles. Ann Miles writes on transnational migration as a controversial and much-discussed issue in both the popular media and the social sciences,...

International Immigration Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis

Gary P. Freeman of University of Texas at Austin reviews International Immigration Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis by Eytan Meyers. Eytan Meyers discusses the numerous studies that explore immigration policies of individual receiving countries. But these studies share several...