The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration; job competition; labour organizing; changing ethnic and race relations; immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics; and our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of the Asian and Mexican diaspora in a changing global economy.

The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration; job competition; labour organizing; changing ethnic and race relations; immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics; and our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of the Asian and Mexican diaspora in a changing global economy.