Multidisciplinary Books on Migration

As aptly noted by Caroline Brettell and James Hollifield (2014), migration is “a subject that cries out for an interdisciplinary approach.”  The below list of books and handbooks on migration is meant to provide a glimpse into the multidisciplinary nature of migration studies.

Also of relevance: IOM (2022) “World Migration Interactive Educators’ Toolkit”

2020

• The Age of Migration 6th edition, by de Haas, Castles and Miller (for additional resources visit www.age-of-migration.com)

• Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development, eds. Bastia & Skeldon

2019

• Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies, eds. Gold & Nawyn

• The SAGE Handbook of International Migration, eds. Inglis, Li, & Khadria

2018

• High-Skilled Migration. Drivers and Policies, ed. Czaika

2017

• Migration Research Leaders’ Syndicate: Ideas to Inform International Cooperation on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, convened by McAuliffe & Solomon

2016

• Rethinking International Skilled Migration, eds. van Riemsdijk & Wang

• International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution, ed. White

2015

• Handbook of the International Political Economy of Migration, eds. Talani & McMahon

2014

• Migration Theory. Talking Across Disciplines, eds. Brettell & Hollifield

2008

• Rethinking Transnationalism: The Meso-link of Organisations, ed. Pries

1999

• Worlds in Motion. Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium, by Massey, Arango, Hugo, Kouauci, Pellegrino, & Taylor

1997

• Migration and Development: A Global Perspective, by Skeldon

1992

• Free Movement: Ethical Issues in the Transnational Migration of People and Money, eds. Barry & Goodin