1. Migration: Policies, Practices, Activism Martin Bulmer, University of Surrey, UK, and John Solomos, City University London, UK 2. Migration and development: reconciling opposite views Alejandro Portes, Princeton University, USA 3. Asylum policy and asylum experiences: interactions in a Scottish context Alison Bowes, University of Stirling, UK, Iain Ferguson, University of Stirling, UK, and Duncan Sim, University of Paisley, UK 4. When contact with immigrants matters: threat, inter-ethnic attitudes and foreigner exclusionism in Spain's Comunidades Autonomas Xavier Escandell, University of Northern Iowa, USA, and Alin M. Ceobanu, University of Florida, USA 5. Global migration and South Korea: foreign workers, foreign brides and the making of a multicultural society Andrew Eungi Kim, Korea University, Korea 6. Sub-Saharan African immigrant activists in Europe: transcultural capital and transcultural community building Anna Triandafyllidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece 7. Italophilia meets Albanophobia: paradoxes of asymmetric assimilation and identity processes among Albanian immigrants in Italy Russell King, University of Sussex, UK, and Nicola Mai, London Metropolitan University, UK 8. Immigrant integration: comparative evidence from the United States and Germany Hermann Kurthen, Grand Valley State University, USA, and Barbara Schmitter Heisler, Gettysburg College, USA 9. Diversity - a new mode of incorporation? Thomas Faist, Bielefeld University, Germany