Today, 215 million people live outside their home countries and another 700 million say they would migrate to another country if they could. This volume examines the ways both sending and receiving nations are modifying their migration policies to control entry, to encourage assimilation, and to build links between diasporas and their home countries.

1. Introduction, Douglas J. Besharov and Mark H. Lopez ; Part I: A World in Motion ; 2. Global Desires to Migrate, Neli Esipova, Rajesh Srinivasan, and Julie Ray ; 3. Patterns of Global Migration, Ellen L. Berg and Douglas J. Besharov ; Part II. The Western Hemisphere ; 4. Immigrants in the United States: Many, Diverse and Growing, Eileen Patten ; 5. Declining Mexican Migration to the US, Andrew Selee ; 6. Educating the Children of Immigrants in the US, Dylan Conger and Rebecca Hinze-Pifer ; 7. Searching for New Policy Frameworks in the Wake of the Great Recession, Roberto Suro ; Part III. Europe ; 8. The Evolution of EU Migration Policies: Towards a Balanced, Comprehensive and Common Approach? Anja Wiesbrock ; 9. EU Migration Policies and External Relations, Katharina Eisele ; 10. Citizenship Policies in the EU, Maarten Peter Vink and Gerard-Rene de Groot ; 11. Highly Skilled Migration to the EU and the US, Metka Hercog and Anja Wiesbrock ; 12. Educational Performance of the Children of Immigrants in Sixteen OECD Countries, Jaap Dronkers and Manon de Heus ; Part IV. The Middle East and Asia ; 13. Middle East Country Migration Policies, Binod Khadria ; 14. Population Imbalance as a Public Policy Problem in United Arab Emirates, Ahmed Mustafa Elhussein Mansour ; 15. Indian Migration and <"Temporary>" Labor Programs in the US, UK, and Netherlands, Mary E. Breeding ; Part V: Diaspora Engagement Strategies ; 16. Diaspora Engagement Policies and the Power of the Strong State: India and Ethiopia, Katie Kuschminder and Metka Hercog (29 pages, 25 without references) ; 17. Diaspora Engagement Policies after Conflict: Burundi and Rwanda, Sonja Fransen and Melissa Siegel ; 18. Diaspora Engagement Policies of Countries with Similar Emigration Histories: Morocco and Turkey, Ozge Bilgili and Silja Weyel

Selling point: The volume will explore topics not covered in other resources, such as migration policies in the wake of the great recession and some interesting diaspora case studies Selling point: Contributions from scholars and experts from around the world, representing a range of scholarly disciplines and a diverse pool of academic, public, and private settings. Selling point: These features will make the book appealing in markets outside the US

Douglas J. Besharov is the Norman and Florence Brody Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, where he teaches courses on poverty, welfare, children and families, policy analysis, program evaluation, and performance management. A former president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, he is also a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where he leads a program on international policy exchanges. Mark Hugo Lopez is the Director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center. He is an author of reports about the Hispanic electorate, Hispanic identity, and US immigration trends. Lopez also coordinates the Center's National Survey of Latinos, an annual nationwide survey of Hispanics. He frequently appears in national and international media in both Spanish and English.

Selling point: The volume will explore topics not covered in other resources, such as migration policies in the wake of the great recession and some interesting diaspora case studies Selling point: Contributions from scholars and experts from around the world, representing a range of scholarly disciplines and a diverse pool of academic, public, and private settings. Selling point: These features will make the book appealing in markets outside the US