Rath, J., G. Solano & V. Schutjens (2019) ‘Migrant Entrepreneurship and Transnational Links’, pp. 450-465 (Chapter 30) in C. Inglis, W. Li and B. Khadria (eds.), The Sage Handbook on International Migration. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. The Sage Handbook on International Migration provides an authoritative and informed analysis of key issues in international migration, including [...]

Further reading Rath, J. & A. Swagerman (2015) ‘Promoting Ethnic Entrepreneurship in European Cities: Sometimes Ambitious, Mostly Absent, Rarely Addressing Structural Features’, International Migration. Published online: 13 NOV 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/imig.12215. Hagemans, I., A. Hendriks, J. Rath and S. Zukin (2015) ‘From greengrocers to cafés. Producing social diversity in Amsterdam’, pp. 90-119 in S. […]

Kloosterman, R.C. and J. Rath (2018) ‘Mixed Embeddedness Revisited: A Conclusion to the Symposium’, Symposium From the Mixed Embeddedness Approach to What? edited by E. Barberis and G. Solano, Sociologica, 12(2): 103-114. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/8625 The mixed embeddedness approach, more than many other approaches, aims at exploring this complex phenomenon of migrant entrepreneurship. It offers a basic […]

In de Koffiebar: Middenklassers in Amsterdam, Glasgow en Tehran door Jan Rath en Reza Shaker Ardekani Agora, 34(2): 11-14. De groei van de stedelijke middenklasse gaat gepaard met ingrijpende veranderingen in het winkellandschap. Vooral in gentrificerende buurten worden bruine kroegen en kiloknallers langzaam maar zeker vervangen door gespecialiseerde koffiebars en ambachtelijke (vega-)slagerijen. Die richten zich […]

The Coffee Scene in Glasgow’s West End: On the class practices of the new urban middle classes By Reza Shaker Ardekani and Jan Rath City, Culture and Society. Published online: 31 August 2018 Abstract The shift from Fordism to Post-Fordism has led to the emergence of new socioeconomic arrangements as well as the proliferation of […]

Jan Rath has been invited to become a member of the Advisory Board of a multi-partnered, international research initiative (called Refugee Research and Policy Center), a SSHRC Partnership project based in Canada. This transatlantic partnership brings together leading refugee and migration scholars from seven disciplines, key government agencies, and community stakeholders in Canada and the […]

Chinatown 2.0: the difficult flowering of an ethnically themed shopping area By Jan Rath, Annemarie Bodaar, Thomas Wagemaakers & Pui Yan Wu Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44 (1): 81-98 Abstract Right in Amsterdam’s picturesque Canal Zone, on and around Zeedijk, Chinese entrepreneurs have carved out a presence in what seems like the local […]

Voer voor discussie: 'Expats zijn ook Amsterdammers, die moet je omarmen' De aantrekkingskracht van Amsterdam op expats en studenten is onverminderd groot. De schatting is dat er elk jaar 4000 expats bij zullen komen en dat is goed voor de stad, vindt stadssocioloog Jan Rath van de UvA. Maar de woningmarkt heeft investeringen nodig. 'De […]

Jan Rath was nominated to join the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network. In March 2017, he joined the team of world-leading experts engaged by the Forum to help shape the global agenda. In light of increasing complexity, decision-makers face an exponentially growing amount of information while the time they have to respond is shrinking. The […]

How the Netherlands Made Geert Wilders Possible: Many voters may choose his anti-Islam party in a country once famous for its tolerance. The Atlantic, March 13, 2017 https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/518892/