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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"immigration literature"”.
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Asylum, Security, Neoliberalism and the Development of the Rwanda Plan
… Rwanda Plan? This thesis contributes to critical immigration literature by exploring theoretical perspectives from security and neoliberalism studies as originally emphasized in literature on the Australian Pacific Solution. To study the development of the Rwanda Plan, this thesis conducts a …
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The Predicament of Illegality: Undocumented Aliens in Contemporary American Immigration Fiction
… the issue of illegality in contemporary American immigration fiction. It takes as a fundamental premise that in immigration, status matters. The importance of immigration status in the "real world" is evident not only in ongoing national debates but also in the daily experiences of immigrants, …
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An Evaluation of Skilled Immigration in the United States
This dissertation examines skilled immigration in the context of labor and health economics. The research focuses on the high-skilled labor market, whereas previous studies either treat all immigrants as a homogeneous group or focus on the low-skilled. The first essay investigates the wage …
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ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION AND INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
… few decades to understand the economic impact of immigration and the determinants of intergenerational mobility, many important questions remain unanswered. Taking advantage of recently available large-scale administrative, household, and firm data, as well as latest developments in causal …
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Spectralité et critique de la laideur : l’engagement postcolonial dans la littérature en français de la nouvelle génération d’écrivains africains
… of Letters”. But such concepts as “World Literature in French” or “World Republic of Letters,” while more appealing to the new generation than the old Sartrian theory of “engagement,” do not always accommodate a commitment to specific, regional causes. I argue that because many writers may …
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“To Make Myself for a Person”: The Bildungsroman in Modern Jewish-American Literature
<p>Anzia Yezierska's <em>Bread Givers</em> and Abraham Cahan's <em>The Rise of David Levinsky</em> share many similarities: they both feature young Jewish protagonists who immigrate to America in search of the better life they believe America can provide. Though their novels have similar …
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Continental Drifters: Holocaust Memory, Decolonization, and Postwar Migration to Europe
… argue that the European postcolonial and migrant literature I read claims the history of the Jewish Question and Holocaust memory as critical resources for Europe's new migrants and diasporic communities. In these late-twentieth-century and contemporary works, the Holocaust represents the failures …