This book examines negotiations on migration in the Mediterranean. It argues that migration
is a bargaining chip which countries in the South use to increase their leverage versus their …

By linking the experiences of immigrant families with the increased reliance on cheap and
flexible workers for care and domestic work in Southern Europe, this study documents the …

Drawing on a mixed research methodology with a strong qualitative character, this book
traces the political impact of the British National Party in the UK, the Front National in France …

This book adopts an innovative conceptualization and analytical framework to the study of
anti-system parties, and represents the first monograph ever published on the topic. It …

Serious research certainly needs time to produce results. Even before producing results, the
research needs to be born through a rigorous theoretical framework that can serve as a …

Le caratteristiche socio-anagrafiche della popolazione sono da sempre considerate
importanti proprietà in grado di discriminare tra diversi atteggiamenti e comportamenti, tanto …

In the European context, Italy became a country of immigration relatively late. The first
positive balance between emigration and immigration (return immigration included) dates to …

Research into immigration in Italy began to gain ground in the mid-1980s, and at first was
essentially concerned with inflow composition and entry into the labour market. As in other …

Over the last two decades, banal and everyday nationalism have been the main theoretical
and methodological approaches for studying how nations are reproduced “from below”. The …

This article explores the meanings of hyper-feminine performances enacted by a group of
former USSR women migrating to Alpinetown (in northern Italy) and employed as live-in …