New Scots

Abstract

First ever book-length study of Scotland’s immigrant communities since 1945 This is the first wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary overview of immigration to Scotland in recent history and its impact on both the newcomers and the host society. It examines key themes relating to postwar migration by showcasing the experiences of many of Scotland’s most striking immigrant communities of people arriving from England, Poland, India, Pakistan, China, the Caribbean and the African continent. New Scots also features analysis of asylum seekers and refugees, along with Jewish and Roma migrants, and includes a chapter on migrant voting patterns during the Independence Referendum of 2014. Framed in chronological, thematic and international contexts, New Scots offers its readers a penetrating understanding of immigration, one of the most crucial issues confronting the United Kingdom today. Contributors Eona Bell has held post-doctoral positions at the SOAS Food Studies Centre and SOAS China Institute, and is working on a book about Hong Kong Chinese families in Scotland. Stefano Bonino is the author of Muslims in Scotland: The Making of Community in a Post 9/11 World, published by Edinburgh University Press in 2016. Christopher J. Carman is the Stevenson Professor of Citizenship at the University of Glasgow. Enda Delaney is Professor of Modern History at the University of Edinburgh. T. M. Devine is Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh. Nicholas J. Evans is Lecturer in Diaspora History at the University of Hull. Ailsa Henderson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. Ima Jackson is Lecturer in the School of Health and Life Sciences. Rob Johns is Professor of Politics at the University of Essex. Angela McCarthy is Professor of Scottish and Irish History and Director of the Centre for Global Migrations at the University of Otago, New Zealand. James Mitchell is Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Academy of Government at the University of Edinburgh. Ashli Mullen is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Glasgow, studying the racialisation of Roma in Scotland. Teresa Piacentini is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Glasgow. Emilia Pietka-Nykaza is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of the West of Scotland.