Mariella Espinoza-Herold is Researcher and Professor at Northern Arizona University, USA. She has worked for over 33 years in the areas of language and literacy development, educational equity, bilingualism, and optimal program models for speakers of English as an additional language. She has authored books and many research articles in indexed journals in the United States and other international outlets. She has also served as Associate Editor of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Journal for Research and Practice (NJRP). She has been the recipient of several awards including two Fulbright fellowshipsthat allowed her to investigate educational systems in Japan, China, Scandinavia, and several Western European nations. Rina Manuela Contini holds a PhD in Social Sciences and is an Expert in “Welfare Theories and Social Intervention” in the Department of Management & Business Administration at the University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy), she also has previous experience as a Post-Doctoral Research-Fellow “Al.Fo. Project 2012-2013”. Her research is focused on migration, educational policies, interculturality in multiethnic schools, and immigrants educational achievement. Dr. Contini has participated in many international conferences as a presenter, keynote speaker, and session organizer. She is a member and reviewer for the EuropeanSociological Association and has been a reviewer for the American Educational Research Association.

• PART I: INTEGRATION1. Mexican Immigrants Integration in the Midwest: A Case Study - Antonio V. Menéndez Alarcón2. Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Mixed Cultural Competencies: Ethnographic Perspectives from Turkish Business People in Germany - Antoine Péoud3. Immigrants and Trade Unions in Italy: What Prospects for Mobility and Careers? A Reflection Starting from the Role of Union Delegates - Maurizio Ambrosini, Deborah De Luca and Sonia Pozzi4. Migrants in Germany: Psychological Well-Being and Integration - Flora Petakv5. From ‘White Australia Policy’ to ‘Multicultural’ Australia: Italian and Other Migrant Settlement in Australia - Riccardo Armillei and Bruno MascitelliPART II: IDENTITY6. Kurdish Identity in Turkey and Educational Opportunities in Istanbul: The Case of Young Migrants - Karol P. Kaczorowski7. Always a Foreigner? Ethnic Identity Construction and Belonging among Youth of Immigrant Origin in Norway - Mari Rysst8. Integrating a New Diaspora: Transnational Events by Brazilians in Japan, the United States, and Europe - Angelo Ishi9. Changes in the Personal Networks of Young Immigrants in Sweden - Gerald Mollenhorst, Christofer Edling and Jens RydgrenPART III: EDUCATION10. School Integration as a Sociological Construct: Measuring Multiethnic Classrooms’ Integration in Italy - Maddalena Colombo and Mariagrazia Santagati11. Meeting Great Expectations: The Experiences of Minority Students at a Canadian University - Daniyal Zuberi and Melita Ptashnick

Researchers from Europe, Australia, the US, Canada, and Japan provide 11 case studies on the inclusion, integration, and education of multi-ethnic people in host communities and countries, their transformative identity, and the psychological impact of these mobilizations. They discuss integration issues related to second-generation Mexican immigrants to the US, German-Turkish entrepreneurs in multi-ethnic neighborhoods in Berlin, immigrants and trade unions in Italy, and immigration policy toward Italian and other populations in Australia; identity in terms of the social construction of ethnic identity among young Kurdish immigrants in Turkey, young immigrants in Norway, Brazilian immigrants in different parts of the world, and young immigrants from Iran and the former Yugoslavia in Sweden; and education challenges, such as in Italy and at Canadian universities.