Immigrant Vulnerability and Resilience: Comparative Perspectives on Latin American Immigrants During the Great Recession (International Perspectives on Migration Book 11)

This book explores how the current sustained economic slow-down in North America and Europe has increased immigrant vulnerability in the labor market and in their daily lives. It details the ways this global recession has affected the immigrants themselves, their identities, as well as their countries of origin. The book presents an interdisciplinary dialogue as well as offer a transatlantic comparative perspective. It first focuses on the immediate effects of the Great Recession on immigrants’ employment. Next, it connects the experience of immigrants in the labor market with their experiences in the social arena in receiving societies. Coverage also explores the effects of the economic downturn on transnational practices, remittances and return of Latin American migrants to their countries of origin. This volume will be of great interest to faculty and graduate students who are interested in international migration studies from the fields of sociology, economics, anthropology, geography, political sciences, and other social sciences. It will also be of interest to professionals and policy makers working on international migration policy and the general public interested on the topic. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction: Vulnerability and Resilience of Latin American Immigrants During the Great Recession....Pages 1-21 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 Native and Latino Employment During the Great Recession in the US and Spain....Pages 25-46 Unemployment and Nonstandard Employment Among Natives and Latinos in the US and Spain....Pages 47-65 Latin American Women During the Great Recession in the US and Spain....Pages 67-87 How Are ‘the Others’ Doing? Highly Skilled Latin American Immigrants and Economic Crisis in the US and Spain....Pages 89-103 Confluence of the Economic Recession and Immigration Laws in the Lives of Latino Immigrant Workers in the United States....Pages 105-126 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Changes in the Perception of Latin American Immigrants in Host Countries During the Great Recession....Pages 129-146 In Times of Uncertainty: The Great Recession, Immigration Enforcement, and Latino Immigrants in Alabama....Pages 147-162 Transnational Latin American Immigrant Associations in Spain During the Economic Recession: A Top-Down Model of Integration and Transnationalism at Stake?....Pages 163-180 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 International Migration and Employment in Latin America: Uncertain Times and Changing Conditions....Pages 183-206 Economic Status and Remittance Behavior Among Latin American and Caribbean Migrants in the Post-recession Period....Pages 207-234 Great Recession, Migration Management and the Effect of Deportations to Latin America....Pages 235-253 Increasing Vulnerability and the Limits of Resilience Among Latin American Immigrants....Pages 255-272 This book explores how the current sustained economic slow-down in North America and Europe has increased immigrant vulnerability in the labor market and in their daily lives. It details the ways this global recession has affected the immigrants themselves, their identities, as well as their countries of origin. The book presents an interdisciplinary dialogue as well as offers a transatlantic comparative perspective. It first focuses on the immediate effects of the Great Recession on immigrants' employment. Next, it connects the experience of immigrants in the labor market with their experiences in the social arena in receiving societies. Coverage also explores the effects of the economic downturn on transnational practices, remittances and return of Latin American migrants to their countries of origin. This volume will be of great interest to faculty and graduate students who are interested in international migration studies from the fields of sociology, economics, anthropology, geography, political sciences, and other social sciences. It will also be of interest to professionals and policy makers working on international migration policy and the general public interested on the topic