The New Albanian Migration

This is the first major book on Albanian migration, the most significant East-West migration since the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Prevented from leaving their country for over 45 years, the citizens of the Republic of Albania emigrated en masse during the 1990s and the exodus continues. According to the 2001 census, one in five Albanians was a migrant living abroad, mainly in Greece and Italy but also, and increasingly, in a range of other European countries and in North America. The volume offers a comprehensive and integrated understanding of Albanian migration, addressing its temporal and spatial dynamics, its diversity of types and destinations, and the implications of the migration for Albanian society and economic development. Its contributors comprise key researchers on Albanian migration from around the world. The book reflects the wide diversity of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches deployed by researchers studying this phenomenon.

Nine papers comprise the second collection to emerge from a September 2002 international conference at the University of Sussex; the first was published as a special issue of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Social scientists from Europe and the US examine recent migration by Albanians from a number of perspectives, among them the lifestyles and integration of Albanian women in Bologna, migrants' remittances as a possible development opportunity, and high-skilled migrant women in the US. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR