Comparative Demography of the Syrian Diaspora: European and Middle Eastern Destinations (eBook)

This book provides a demographic profile of the Syrian diaspora into Europe and identifies the issue of forced migration as a separate and increasingly salient topic within the more general field of migration research.  It describes the progressive increase in numbers of Syrian refugees in different European countries during recent years and gives a demographic profile of the Syrian refugee population.  The book also compares and synthesizes the demographic profiles presented, to show how the population of Syrian refugees differs from country to county in terms of age structure, sex ratio, family status, educational attainment and other social and economic characteristics. By providing a solid empirical portrait based on national and international statistics, this book will be a great resource to students, academics in migration and refugee studies as well as social scientists and policy-makers in European countries.

Nathalie E. Williams is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and Faculty Affiliate at UW's Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, Center for Statistics in the Social Sciences, and the South Asia Center. She holds a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Michigan. Her publications on migration during armed conflict, climate change, and social change in general serve to advance theoretical scholarship on these topics and develop innovative measurement techniques for migration and armed conflict.

Elwood D. Carlson is Charles Nam Professor in Sociology of Population at Florida State University and an Associate in FSU's Center for Demography and Population Health. Previously he was a research group leader and founding Dean of the International Max Planck Research School in Demography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, and a Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina. He has published a previous monograph with Springer, The Lucky Few: Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom (2008).