In this paper we advocate the study of local street markets to explore fundamental issues about the relationship between economy and society. This relationship evolves over time and we believe that it has been recast in an age of increasing cultural diversity and neoliberal state regulatory structures. In street markets we can see how diversity […]

Rath, J. (2014) ‘Europe’s backlash against multiculturalism’, pp. 131-138 in E. Levine and M. Verea (eds), Impacts of the Recent economic Crisis (2008-2009) on International Migration. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Centro de Investigaciones sobre America del Norte. ISBN: 978-607-02-5191-7

New York and Amsterdam: Immigration and the New Urban Landscape edited by Nancy Foner, Jan Rath, Jan Willem Duyvendak and Rogier van Reekum New York: NYU Press, 2014 336 pages, 11 figures and 21 tables, ISBN: 9780814738443   Immigration is dramatically changing major cities throughout the world. Nowhere is this more so than in New York City […]