Dennis Conway, Indiana University, US and Robert B. Potter, University of Reading, UK.

Contents: Preface; Return of the next generations: transnational migration and development in the 21st century, Dennis Conway and Robert B. Potter. Part 1 Second-Generation Return Migrant Experiences: 'It was not quite what I had expected': some Samoan returnees' experiences of Samoa, Cluny Macpherson and La'avasa Macpherson; The ambivalence of return: 2nd-generation Tongan returnees, Helen Lee; The return of Japanese-Brazilian next-generations: their post-1980s experiences in Japan, Eunice Akemi Ishikawa; Bajan-Brit 2nd-generation return migration: '...where am I supposed to be - in mid air?!', Robert B. Potter and Joan Phillips; Emulating the homeland - engendering the nation: agency, belonging, identity and gender in 2nd-generation Greek-American return-migrant life stories, Anastasia Christou. Part 2 Young and Youthful Return Migrant Experiences: Back to Hong Kong: return migration or transnational sojourn?, David Ley and Audrey Kobayashi; Bittersweet home? Return migration and health work in Polynesia, John Connell; Returning youthful Trinidadian migrants: prolonged sojourners' transnational experiences, Dennis Conway, Robert B. Potter and Godfrey St. Bernard; Returning youthful nationals to Australia: brain gain or brain circulation?, Graeme Hugo. Part 3 Theoretical Generalizations: Return of the next generations: transnational mobilities, family demographics and experiences, multi-local spaces, Dennis Conway and Robert B. Potter; Index.

Return Migration of the Next Generations looks at global migration patterns of the one-and-a-half and second generations, young contract workers and 'prolonged sojourners,' and examines their return home and its consequences.