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

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 aProfessor 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).

• Part I. Genesis of the Syrian Diaspora.- Chapter 1. The Problem of Forced Migration as a Global Issue, by Nathalie Williams & Michelle O'Brien.- Chapter 2. Fault Lines in Syrian Society and the Syrian Civil War, by Marty Masek.- Part II. Population Movement to Front-Line States.- Chapter 3. Demographic Profile of Syrians in Turkey, by Tugba Adali & Ahmet Sinan Türkyılmaz.- Chapter 4. Do Refugees Impact Voter Preferences? Evidence from Syrian Refugee Inflows in Turkey?, by Onur Altindag & Neeraj Kaushal.- Chapter 5. Social conditions facing Syrian women in Turkey, by Tuba Dumon.- Chapter 6. Demographic Profile of Syrians in Lebanon, by Marwan Kawajah.- Part III. Population Movement to Non-Contiguous European States.- Chapter 7. Channels of Movement for Displaced Syrians, by Danilo Mandic.- Chapter 8. Demographic Profile of Syrians in Austria, by Isabella Buber-Ennser et al.- Chapter 9. Family Context of Married Refuge-Seeking Persons Arriving in Austria, by Isabella Buber-Ennser et al.- Chapter 10. Demographic Profile of Syrians in Bulgaria, by Spas Tashev.- Chapter 11. Demographic Profile of Syrians in Germany, by Susanne Worbs et al.- Chapter 12. Integration of Syrian Refugees into German Society, by Nina Rother & Axel Kreienbrink.- Chapter 13. Demographic Profile of Syrians in Hungary, by Agnes Harcs, Kopint-Tarki.- Chapter 14. Demographic Profile of Syrians in Italy, by Salvatore Strossa.- Chapter 15. Demographic Profile of Syrians in the Netherlands, by Helga de Valk.- Chapter 16. Demographic Profile of Syrians in Sweden, by Eleonora Mussino et al.- Chapter 17. Relations between Syrian Refugees and the Swedish population.- Chapter 18. Demographic Profile of Syrians in the United Kingdom.- Part IV—Comparative Perspective on Syrian Refugee Population Movements.- Chapter 19. Demographic Contrasts in Syrian Refugee Populations, by Nathalie Williams & Elwood Carlson.- Chapter 20. Policy Differences among European States towards Syrian Refugees.