Stephen Castle
Biographic Data
| ID | 86065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Castle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Castle |
| SIGNATURE | CASTLE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | PoliticalEconomyAtTheFachhochschule(polytechnic)OfFrankfurt |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 808 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Migration and social transformation through the lens of locality: A Multi-Sited Study of Experiences of Neighbourhood Transformation
Starting from Castles’ argument that contemporary international migration is part of ‘step-change’ transformations brought about by neoliberal globalisation, this article analyses the local impacts of global transformations by undertaking a comparative analysis of the myriad ways migration shapes three urban localities in South Korea, Turkey and Australia. The article explores how migrants and non-migrants in each locality make meaning about soci…
Military Coup in Burma Draws International Condemnation and Pressure
On February 1, 2021, the military in Burma overthrew the democratically elected government, declared a one-year state of emergency, and installed Senior General Min Aung Hlaing as the head of government. Since the coup, the military has cracked down on protestors, killing over 800 people and detaining many more. Numerous countries and international organizations, including the United States and the United Nations, have condemned the coup and ensu…
Social Transformation and Human Mobility: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future of Migration
This article examines the development of international migration in the context of broader changes in global economic and political formations since the late 1940s. It also reflects on changing official policies and public attitudes to migration, as well as on the emergence of migration studies as a special interdisciplinary area of the social sciences. Four phases are discussed: 1. The period of concentration of investment in the old industrial …
Migration policies are problematic - because they are about migration
My article "Why Migration Policies Fail" was originally published in Ethnic and Racial Studies in March 2004. My theme was the complexity both of the forces driving international migration and of t
Walking the tightrope: Between Global Trends and Regional Detail
The first sentence of the preface to The Age of Migration (henceforth AoM) has been unchanged since the second edition (1998); the second sentence has been unchanged since the third edition (2003
International migration at a crossroads
In the early twenty-first century, the forces generating international migration are more powerful than ever, and human mobility has become a key facet of global integration. Yet public concern about migration also remains powerful. Origin countries fear loss of skills and increased dependency on remittances from destination countries. Many people in destination countries see migration as a threat to prosperity, identity and security. The securit…
Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World
The Forces Driving Global Migration
Movements of people are a crucial element in global integration. Most destination countries favour entry of the highly skilled, but restrict entry of lower-skilled workers, asylum seekers and refugees. A major cause of migration is the growing inequality in incomes and human security between more- and less-developed countries. Further driving factors include uneven economic development; rapid demographic transitions; and technological advances in…
Rethinking Migration and Diversity in Australia: Introduction
Planned mass immigration since 1947 has been a key factor in transforming Australia from a small, insular society looking mainly to Britain for its values and heritage, to a larger and more diverse
Cosmopolitanism and freedom? Lessons of the global economic crisis
Globalization, ethnic identity and the integration crisis
Twenty-First-Century Migration as a Challenge to Sociology
International migration is, by definition, a social phenomenon that crosses national borders and affects two or more nation-states. Its analysis requires theories and methodologies capable of transcending the national gaze. This applies more than ever in the current epoch of global migratory flows and growing South–North mobility. Sociology claims to be based on the work of scholars from around the world and to have theories and methods valid for…
Hierarchical Citizenship in a World of Unequal Nation-States
Citizenship in modern democratic states has a dual character. First, it denotes inclusion in a self-governing political community. Second, it means belonging to a specific national community, defined both by territorial boundaries and cultural practices. The democratic state appears in the guise of the nation-state, whosecitizenis also anational. Political citizenship is universalistic and inclusive, while national belonging is culturally specifi…
The Factors that Make and Unmake Migration Policies
Migration policies often fail to achieve their declared objectives or have unintended consequences. This article discusses three sets of reasons for this: factors arising from the social dynamics of the migratory process; factors linked to globalization and transnationalism; and factors within political systems. Effective policies are often hampered by the one-sided explanatory models used to explain migration, as well as by interest conflicts in…
Why migration policies fail
Immigration and asylum are key political issues in Britain and the European Union. Yet the policies of states and supranational bodies seem to have had little success in preventing unwanted flows and effectively managing immigration and integration. This article examines three types of reasons for policy failure: factors arising from the social dynamics of the migratory process; factors linked to globalization and the North-South divide; and fact…
Towards a Sociology of Forced Migration and Social Transformation
Forced migration - including refugee flows, asylum seekers, internal displacement and development-induced displacement - has increased considerably in volume and political significance since the end of the Cold War. It has become an integral part of North-South relationships and is closely linked to current processes of global social transformation. This makes it as important for sociologists to develop empirical research and analysis on forced m…
Citizenship and Migration: Globalization and the Politics of Belonging
Preface.- The Crisis of Citizenship.- Theories of Citizenship.- Immigration, Minority Formation and Racialization.- Becoming a Citizen.- Being a Citizen.- Ethnic Mobilization and New Political Subjects.- The End of National Belonging.- Globalization and Citizenship in the Asia-Pacific Region.- Social Capital and the New Civics.- Postscript: Citizenship or Chaos.- Bibliography
Studying Social Transformation
Global change and the increasing importance of transnational flows and networks in all areas of social life create new challenges for the social sciences. However, their underlying assumptions are linked to their origins in Western models of industrialization and nation-state formation. There is still considerable national specificity in modes of organization, theoretical and methodological approaches, research questions, and findings. In contras…
Globalization and migration: Some Pressing Contradictions
New migrations in the Asia-Pacific region: A Force for Social and Political Change
Australie: Vers La Fin Du Multiculturalisme
Traditionnellement terre d'immigration, en particulier depuis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale , l'Australie s'est vue contrainte au fil des ans de modifier son approche du phénomène. Tout d'abord tenantes d'une politique strictement assimilationniste, les autorités australiennes ont ensuite dû opter pour une approche multiculturelle, sous la pression, notamment électorale, des vagues successives d'immigrés. Cette politique mu Iticultura liste, confro…
How nation-states respond to immigration and ethnic diversity
Large scale migrations since 1945 have led to major changes in the ethnic composition of most highly‐developed countries. Nations have responded in a variety of ways, which have helped determine patterns of ethnic group formation. This article suggest a typology of policy models: the differential exclusion model, the assimilation model, and the pluralist model. Examples are discussed for each model. The models are then linked to different histori…
The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World
Australia's Italians: Culture and Community in a Changing Society
Introduction Early Italian migration and the construction of European Australia 1788--1939 Italians in Australia during World War II Italian migration and settlement since 1945 Italians help build Australia Cappuccino capitalism: Italian immigrants and Australian business Place and community: the construction of an Italo--Australian space Community leaders in rural Australia and the construction of the Godfather Community networks and institution…
L'Europe a-t-elle quelque chose à apprendre de l'Australie
L'exemple de l'Australie, pays traditionnel d'immigration, est à tous égards riche d'enseignements : privilégiant dès l'origine une immigration blanche, l'Australie s'est décidée, dans les années 70, à ne plus pratiquer de discrimination raciale et ethnique ; constatant l'échec d'une politique assimilationniste, elle a choisi de s'appuyer sur le multiculturalisme. Ainsi l'expérience australienne, si elle n'apporte pas de réponses toutes faites, p…
Why migration policies fail
Immigration and asylum are key political issues in Britain and the European Union. Yet the policies of states and supranational bodies seem to have had little success in preventing unwanted flows and effectively managing immigration and integration. This article examines three types of reasons for policy failure: factors arising from the social dynamics of the migratory process; factors linked to globalization and the North-South divide; and fact…
Towards a Sociology of Forced Migration and Social Transformation
Forced migration - including refugee flows, asylum seekers, internal displacement and development-induced displacement - has increased considerably in volume and political significance since the end of the Cold War. It has become an integral part of North-South relationships and is closely linked to current processes of global social transformation. This makes it as important for sociologists to develop empirical research and analysis on forced m…
The Factors that Make and Unmake Migration Policies
Migration policies often fail to achieve their declared objectives or have unintended consequences. This article discusses three sets of reasons for this: factors arising from the social dynamics of the migratory process; factors linked to globalization and transnationalism; and factors within political systems. Effective policies are often hampered by the one-sided explanatory models used to explain migration, as well as by interest conflicts in…
Twenty-First-Century Migration as a Challenge to Sociology
International migration is, by definition, a social phenomenon that crosses national borders and affects two or more nation-states. Its analysis requires theories and methodologies capable of transcending the national gaze. This applies more than ever in the current epoch of global migratory flows and growing South–North mobility. Sociology claims to be based on the work of scholars from around the world and to have theories and methods valid for…
How nation-states respond to immigration and ethnic diversity
Large scale migrations since 1945 have led to major changes in the ethnic composition of most highly‐developed countries. Nations have responded in a variety of ways, which have helped determine patterns of ethnic group formation. This article suggest a typology of policy models: the differential exclusion model, the assimilation model, and the pluralist model. Examples are discussed for each model. The models are then linked to different histori…
The Forces Driving Global Migration
Movements of people are a crucial element in global integration. Most destination countries favour entry of the highly skilled, but restrict entry of lower-skilled workers, asylum seekers and refugees. A major cause of migration is the growing inequality in incomes and human security between more- and less-developed countries. Further driving factors include uneven economic development; rapid demographic transitions; and technological advances in…
Studying Social Transformation
Global change and the increasing importance of transnational flows and networks in all areas of social life create new challenges for the social sciences. However, their underlying assumptions are linked to their origins in Western models of industrialization and nation-state formation. There is still considerable national specificity in modes of organization, theoretical and methodological approaches, research questions, and findings. In contras…
Migration policies are problematic - because they are about migration
My article "Why Migration Policies Fail" was originally published in Ethnic and Racial Studies in March 2004. My theme was the complexity both of the forces driving international migration and of t
International migration at a crossroads
In the early twenty-first century, the forces generating international migration are more powerful than ever, and human mobility has become a key facet of global integration. Yet public concern about migration also remains powerful. Origin countries fear loss of skills and increased dependency on remittances from destination countries. Many people in destination countries see migration as a threat to prosperity, identity and security. The securit…
The inherent subjectivity of the apparently objective in research on ethnicity and class
Policy making in the area of immigration and ethnic affairs relies increasingly on the findings of social science research. A new "conventional wisdom" is emerging in sociological and economic studies. Its claim to objectivity is based on the use of a methodology which emphasises the use of sophisticated statistical methods, especially multiple regression models. The present paper suggests that this apparently objective approach is actually based…
Globalization, ethnic identity and the integration crisis
Hierarchical Citizenship in a World of Unequal Nation-States
Citizenship in modern democratic states has a dual character. First, it denotes inclusion in a self-governing political community. Second, it means belonging to a specific national community, defined both by territorial boundaries and cultural practices. The democratic state appears in the guise of the nation-state, whosecitizenis also anational. Political citizenship is universalistic and inclusive, while national belonging is culturally specifi…
Globalization and migration: Some Pressing Contradictions
How the Trade Unions Try to Control and Integrate Immigrant Workers in the German Federal Republic
Cosmopolitanism and freedom? Lessons of the global economic crisis
New migrations in the Asia-Pacific region: A Force for Social and Political Change
Rethinking Migration and Diversity in Australia: Introduction
Planned mass immigration since 1947 has been a key factor in transforming Australia from a small, insular society looking mainly to Britain for its values and heritage, to a larger and more diverse
The Bicentenary and the failure of Australian nationalism
This article is an excerpt from the book: Mistaken Identity - Multiculturalism and the Demise of Nationalism in Australia, published by Pluto Press, Sydney in February 1988. This excerpt concentrates on the ideological side of the issue. The book also deals with the material basis of nationalism and its relation to developments in the political economy of world capitalism, and of Australia
The social time-bomb: Education of an underclass in West Germany
Immigrant Workers and Class Structure in France
Citizenship and Migration: Globalization and the Politics of Belonging
Preface.- The Crisis of Citizenship.- Theories of Citizenship.- Immigration, Minority Formation and Racialization.- Becoming a Citizen.- Being a Citizen.- Ethnic Mobilization and New Political Subjects.- The End of National Belonging.- Globalization and Citizenship in the Asia-Pacific Region.- Social Capital and the New Civics.- Postscript: Citizenship or Chaos.- Bibliography
Italians in Australia: Building a Multicultural Society on the Pacific Rim
Italians in Australia: Building a Multicultural Society on the Pacific Rim Stephen Castles University of Wollongong, Australia 1. Migration, Culture, and Nation The mass migrations of the last half century have taken many forms: population movements resulting from decolonization; temporary labor migration ; family reunion; refugee movements; and professional mobility within transnational corporations. Often these types have been linked, and clear…
Racism and politics in West Germany
Immigrant Workers and Class Structure in Western Europe
Migration and social transformation through the lens of locality: A Multi-Sited Study of Experiences of Neighbourhood Transformation
Starting from Castles’ argument that contemporary international migration is part of ‘step-change’ transformations brought about by neoliberal globalisation, this article analyses the local impacts of global transformations by undertaking a comparative analysis of the myriad ways migration shapes three urban localities in South Korea, Turkey and Australia. The article explores how migrants and non-migrants in each locality make meaning about soci…
Immigrant Workers and Class Structure in France
Some general features of migration to Western Europe
Immigrants Workers and Class Structure in Western Europe
Immigrant Workers and Class Structure in Western Europe
How the Trade Unions Try to Control and Integrate Immigrant Workers in the German Federal Republic
The social time-bomb: Education of an underclass in West Germany
Racism and politics in West Germany
Here for Good: Western Europe's New Ethnic Minorities
Western Europes population increased by 10 million people between 1950 and 1975 largely due to labor migration from less developed countries. This development stage requiring mass labor migration ended in the early 1970s beginning a period of economic stagnation and social crisis. Many of the migrants became settlers and sent for their dependents to join them forming new ethnic minorities in the receiving countries. This book examines migration p…
The inherent subjectivity of the apparently objective in research on ethnicity and class
Policy making in the area of immigration and ethnic affairs relies increasingly on the findings of social science research. A new "conventional wisdom" is emerging in sociological and economic studies. Its claim to objectivity is based on the use of a methodology which emphasises the use of sophisticated statistical methods, especially multiple regression models. The present paper suggests that this apparently objective approach is actually based…
The New Helots: Migrants in the International Division of Labor
Why objectivity need not lead to understanding: A rejoinder to Mariah Evans, Frank Jones, Jonathan Kelley et al
The Bicentenary and the failure of Australian nationalism
This article is an excerpt from the book: Mistaken Identity - Multiculturalism and the Demise of Nationalism in Australia, published by Pluto Press, Sydney in February 1988. This excerpt concentrates on the ideological side of the issue. The book also deals with the material basis of nationalism and its relation to developments in the political economy of world capitalism, and of Australia
Migrants, Workers and the Social Order
Italians in Australia: Building a Multicultural Society on the Pacific Rim
Italians in Australia: Building a Multicultural Society on the Pacific Rim Stephen Castles University of Wollongong, Australia 1. Migration, Culture, and Nation The mass migrations of the last half century have taken many forms: population movements resulting from decolonization; temporary labor migration ; family reunion; refugee movements; and professional mobility within transnational corporations. Often these types have been linked, and clear…
L'Europe a-t-elle quelque chose à apprendre de l'Australie
L'exemple de l'Australie, pays traditionnel d'immigration, est à tous égards riche d'enseignements : privilégiant dès l'origine une immigration blanche, l'Australie s'est décidée, dans les années 70, à ne plus pratiquer de discrimination raciale et ethnique ; constatant l'échec d'une politique assimilationniste, elle a choisi de s'appuyer sur le multiculturalisme. Ainsi l'expérience australienne, si elle n'apporte pas de réponses toutes faites, p…
Australia's Italians: Culture and Community in a Changing Society
Introduction Early Italian migration and the construction of European Australia 1788--1939 Italians in Australia during World War II Italian migration and settlement since 1945 Italians help build Australia Cappuccino capitalism: Italian immigrants and Australian business Place and community: the construction of an Italo--Australian space Community leaders in rural Australia and the construction of the Godfather Community networks and institution…
The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World
How nation-states respond to immigration and ethnic diversity
Large scale migrations since 1945 have led to major changes in the ethnic composition of most highly‐developed countries. Nations have responded in a variety of ways, which have helped determine patterns of ethnic group formation. This article suggest a typology of policy models: the differential exclusion model, the assimilation model, and the pluralist model. Examples are discussed for each model. The models are then linked to different histori…
Australie: Vers La Fin Du Multiculturalisme
Traditionnellement terre d'immigration, en particulier depuis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale , l'Australie s'est vue contrainte au fil des ans de modifier son approche du phénomène. Tout d'abord tenantes d'une politique strictement assimilationniste, les autorités australiennes ont ensuite dû opter pour une approche multiculturelle, sous la pression, notamment électorale, des vagues successives d'immigrés. Cette politique mu Iticultura liste, confro…
Globalization and migration: Some Pressing Contradictions
New migrations in the Asia-Pacific region: A Force for Social and Political Change
Studying Social Transformation
Global change and the increasing importance of transnational flows and networks in all areas of social life create new challenges for the social sciences. However, their underlying assumptions are linked to their origins in Western models of industrialization and nation-state formation. There is still considerable national specificity in modes of organization, theoretical and methodological approaches, research questions, and findings. In contras…
Citizenship and Migration: Globalization and the Politics of Belonging
Preface.- The Crisis of Citizenship.- Theories of Citizenship.- Immigration, Minority Formation and Racialization.- Becoming a Citizen.- Being a Citizen.- Ethnic Mobilization and New Political Subjects.- The End of National Belonging.- Globalization and Citizenship in the Asia-Pacific Region.- Social Capital and the New Civics.- Postscript: Citizenship or Chaos.- Bibliography
Towards a Sociology of Forced Migration and Social Transformation
Forced migration - including refugee flows, asylum seekers, internal displacement and development-induced displacement - has increased considerably in volume and political significance since the end of the Cold War. It has become an integral part of North-South relationships and is closely linked to current processes of global social transformation. This makes it as important for sociologists to develop empirical research and analysis on forced m…
The Factors that Make and Unmake Migration Policies
Migration policies often fail to achieve their declared objectives or have unintended consequences. This article discusses three sets of reasons for this: factors arising from the social dynamics of the migratory process; factors linked to globalization and transnationalism; and factors within political systems. Effective policies are often hampered by the one-sided explanatory models used to explain migration, as well as by interest conflicts in…
Political science (33 works) · Sociology (26 works) · Law (21 works) · Economics (19 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (18 works) · Political economy (15 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (13 works) · Politics (13 works) · Economic geography (12 works) · Geography (11 works)