T. Truong and D. Gasper (eds.) (2011), Transnational Migration and Human Security: The Migration-Development-Security Nexus (Springer).

Published as part of the Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, this volume addresses key aspects of human security in transnational migration. The 22 essays cover all levels of migration systems, from families, farms and firms through to global organizations and negotiating forums.

They show how institutional frameworks for cross-border movements of people, finance, and goods have co-evolved with changes in the workings of nation-states. They thereby reveal aspects of power and privilege within ‘international migration’ as a discursive area and at its intersections with the fields of ‘development’, governance and ‘security’. Revisiting presuppositions that have been taken as givens, and exploring their role in shaping rules and institutions that control the movements of people across and within borders, the essays reveal also the mentalities and rationalities that have made up and continue to make up the reality of transnational migration today. A human security perspective can encourage exploratory thinking and provide conceptual space for deeper understandings of ‘human’, ‘movement’ and ‘borders’, to help overcome the limits of conventional analytical and policy dualisms and dichotomies. More on the Springer website.

G. Goodwin-Gill and J. McAdam, (2007), The Refugee in International Law (Oxford University Press), Third Edition.

The situation of refugees is one of the most pressing and urgent problems facing the international community and refugee law has grown in recent years to a subject of global importance. In this long-awaited third edition each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated and every issue, old and new, has received fresh analysis. Features include: analysis of internally displaced persons; so-called preventive protection; access to refugees; safety of refugees and relief personnel; the situation of refugee women and children; a detailed examination of the role of the UNHCR and the Palestinian situation; and an assessment of the protection possibilities (or lack of them) in the European Convention on Human Rights.

Calavita, K. (2005), Immigrants at the Margins: Law, Race, and Exclusion in Southern Europe (Cambridge University Press).

Spain and Italy have recently become countries of large-scale immigration. This provocative book explores immigration law and the immigrant experience in these southern European nations, and exposes the tension between the temporary and contingent legal status of most immigrants, and the government emphasis on integration. The book reveals that while law and the rhetoric of policymakers stress the urgency of integration, not only are they failing in that effort, but law itself plays a role in that failure. In addressing this paradox, the author combines theoretical insights and extensive data from myriad sources collected over more than a decade to demonstrate the connections among immigrants’ role as cheap labor – carefully inscribed in law – and their social exclusion, criminalization, and racialization. Extrapolating from this economics of alterité, this book engages more general questions of citizenship, belonging, race and community in this global era.

J. Hathaway, (2005), The Rights of Refugees under International Law (Cambridge University Press).

This book, which is also available on-line, presents the first comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees as set by the UN Refugee Convention. In an era where States are increasingly challenging the logic of simply assimilating refugees to their own citizens, questions are now being raised about whether refugees should be allowed to enjoy freedom of movement, to work, to access public welfare programs, or to be reunited with family members. Doubts have been expressed about the propriety of exempting refugees from visa and other immigration rules, and whether there is a duty to admit refugees at all. Hathaway links the standards of the UN Refugee Convention to key norms of international human rights law, and applies his analysis to the world's most difficult protection challenges. This is a critical resource for advocates, judges, and policymakers. It will also be a pioneering scholarly work for graduate students of international and human rights law.

Development and Change

One of the leading international journals in the field of development studies and social change, Development and Change now appears six times a year, including the Development and Change Forum issue. Truly interdisciplinary in character, it includes contributions from all the social sciences and all intellectual persuasions concerned with development. With its history of publishing unconventional and challenging articles, the journal covers a broad range of topics in a mix of regular and special theme issues. Development and Change is devoted to the critical analysis and discussion of the complete spectrum of development issues.

International Journal of Social Quality

The International Journal of Social Quality, previously the European Journal of Social Quality, is published by Berghahn publishers in association with the European Foundation of Social Quality. The Journal was conceived with the aim in mind to refocus the political and sociological debate and to provide a forum for comparative and interdisciplinary study and discussion of crucial issues affecting the quality of life in Europe and elsewhere. Each issue is devoted to a major theme selected from the key issues that affect contemporary societies, especially those of the evolving new stage of the European Union, and offering incisive analytical articles on ongoing debates. Moreover, each issue will present an up-to-date examination of the current debates, a bibliography, and a review article relating to the particular theme of the issue, thus providing relevant background information that can also be used as a general reference tool for researchers, policy-makers, and students.

N.B. Volume 1, Number 2 (Winter 2011) of this journal was devoted to migration.

Journal of Refugee Studies

The Journal of Refugee Studies is published by Oxford University Press, four issues per volume per year. The Journal provides a forum for exploration of the complex problems of forced migration and national, regional and international responses. The Journal covers all categories of forcibly displaced people. Contributions that develop theoretical understandings of forced migration, or advance knowledge of concepts, policies and practice are welcomed from both academics and practitioners. Journal of Refugee Studies is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, and is published in association with the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.

International Journal of Refugee Law

The International Journal of Refugee Law is published by Oxford University Press, four issues per volume per year. The journal aims to stimulate research and thinking on refugee law and its development, taking account of the broadest range of State and international organization practice. In addition, it serves as an essential tool for all engaged in the protection of refugees and finding solutions to their problems. It regularly provides key information and commentary on today`s critical issues, including the causes of refugee and related movements, internal displacement, the particular situation of women and refugee children, the human rights dimension, restrictive policies, asylum and determination procedures, populations at risk and the conditions in different countries.

International Migration

International Migration is a peer reviewed, scholarly journal devoted to research and policy analysis of contemporary issues affecting international migration. The journal is edited by Elzbieta Gozdziak of the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University and is published and distributed by Blackwell Publishing, and sponsored by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Micah Bump is the Associate Editor. The editors at ISIM are responsible for the direction and content of the journal. You may submit online here.

Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users.

Forced Migration Review (FMR) is published in English, Arabic, Spanish and French. FMR provides a practice-oriented forum for debate on issues facing refugees and internally displaced people in order to improve policy and practice and to involve refugees and IDPs in programme design and implementation

The Migration Information Source, produced by the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., provides fresh thought, authoritative data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends. A unique, online resource, the Source offers useful tools, vital data, and essential facts on the movement of people worldwide