This is a selection of publications. For more information please write to bfranz@rider.edu
Books
Immigrant Youth, Hip Hop, and Online Games: Alternative Approaches to the Inclusion of Working-Class and Second Generation Migrant Teens (Lexington Books: 2015)
Uprooted and Unwanted (Texas A& M University Press: 2005)
Academic Articles
Woes and Challenges of the U.S. Resettlement Program: Dismantlement, Operation Allies Welcome and United for Ukraine, Quarterly on Refugee Problems 2025, Vol. 64, Issue 1, 55-80
Youth Extremism in Hungary: Relevant Issues and Trends, Quarterly on Refugee Problems, 2023, Vol. 62, Issue 3, 225-250
Volunteering in Humanitarian Non-governmental Organizations:Reflective Solidarity and Inclusion Work as Mechanisms of Social Transformation Quarterly on Refugee Problems, 2022, Vol. 61, Issue 1, 40-52
Humanitarian Grass-roots work in Refugee Resettlement during the Trump Administration: A Study of Constructive Resistance Journal of Resistance Studies 2022, Vol. 8, Nr. 1, 74-107
Living in Neoliberal America: Extremism, Pauperization,
and Negative Solidarity International Relations and Diplomacy, December 2021, Vol. 9, No. 12, 501-514
The New Right on American Campuses: Challenges to Higher Education (2020) Digital Culture and Education Vol 12
Social Response to Europe’s Refugee Influx: Some Theoretical Considerations (2017) in Migration Studies— Polish Diaspora Review, Vol. 3
Popjihadism: Why Young European Muslims are Joining the Islamic State (2015) Mediterranean Quarterly: A Journal of Global Issues Vol. 26, No. 2: 5-20.
Immigrant Youth, Hip Hop and Feminist Pedagogy: Outlines of an Alternative Integration Policy in Vienna, Austria (2012) International Studies Perspectives Vol. 13, No. 3: 270-288.
Türkische Rapmusik: Integrationsmedium oder Widerstandsmethode? (2010) AWR Bulletin: Quarterly on Refugee No. 1: 8-20
Wading through Muddy Water: An Exploration of Liberian Refugee Family Challenges in Resettlement (2010)With Nicole Ives IMIS Beiträge No. 36: 139-160
Integrationspotenziale des Internet für türkische Jugendliche in Wien am Beispiel von Sozialen Netzwerkseiten und Online Spielen (2010) with Gerit Götzenbrucker Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie No. 35: 62-82
Guest Workers and Immigration Reform: The Rise of a New Feudalism in America? (2007) New Political Science Vol. 29 (3): 349-368
Europe’s Muslim Youth: An Inquiry into the Politics of Discrimination, Relative Deprivation, and Identity Formation (2007) Mediterranean Quarterly: A Journal of Global Issues Vol. 18 (1): 89-112.
Transplanted or Uprooted? Integration Efforts of Bosnian Refugees Based Upon Gender, Class, and Ethnic Differences in New York City and Vienna (2003) European Journal of Women’s Studies Vol. 10 (2): 135-157.
Bosnian Refugees and Political Realities: Changes in Asylum and Residence Laws in Austria and the United States (2003) Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Vol.29 (1): 5-25.
Bosnian Refugee Women in (Re)settlement: Gender Relations and Social Mobility (2003) Feminist Review Vol. 73: 86-103.
Book Chapters
The Plight of the First Post-Cold War Refugees: Flight, Reception and Settlement of Bosnians in Austria and the USA (2020). In Jan Jansen and Simone Lässig (eds.) Refugee Crisis: 1945-2000: Political and Societal Responses in International Comparison (Cambridge University Press) 235-259.
Immigration Laws since 1980: The Closing Door (2020) In: Roberta Fiske-Rusciano (eds.) Experiencing Race, Class and Gender in the United States (McGraw-Hill: 3nd edition).
The Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program in the USA: Too Small and Specialized to Matter (2015). In Ralf Roßkopf (eds.) Unaccompanied Minors in International, European and National Law (Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag).
Hip Hop and the Dialectics of Political Awareness: Between Branding Banality and Political Awareness in Central European Rap (2014). In Christopher Malone and George Martinez (eds.) The Organic Globalizer: Hip Hop, Political Development and Movement Culture (New York: Bloomsbury) 149-170.
The Austrian Way: Neocorporatism and Neo-Liberal Corruption (2014) with Jürgen Pfeffer. In Jonathan Mendilow and Ilan Peleg (eds.) Corruption in the Contemporary World: Theory, Practice, Hotspots (New York: Lexington Press) 133-152.
Contextualizing Minority: The Production of Difference and Sameness in Europe (2014). In Jyotirmaya Tripathy (ed.) Becoming Minority: How Discourses and Policies Produce Minorities in Europe and India (London: Sage India) 24-46.
Media Articles
Ukrainian refugees deserve asylum–and so do many other refugees Morristown Green May 3,2022
Biden’s use of Trump immigration rule could spell Democratic disaster in midterms Morristown Green October 29, 2021
Racial Bias and Policy Failure at the Del Rio Border Morristown Green September 22, 2021
Kamala in Guatemala Morristown Green June 18, 2021
Biden’s Border Dilemma Morristown Green April 30, 2021
The Local Effect of Immigration Reform Princeton Perspectives Issue 12 February 16, 2021
GOP Dance with Trump has Perilous Parallels Morristown Green February 15, 2021
Undocumented but More Essential than Every Morristown Green April 13, 2020
The Case for Civility: From Cape Town to Morristown Morristown Green August 6, 2019
“Third Country Rule” Flies in the Face of American Ideals Morristown Green July 26, 2019
Trump Commemorates WWI but Ignores Its Lessons on Refugees Morristown Green November 14, 2018
America is Slamming the Door on Refugees and the Nation’s Core Values Morristown Green September 26, 2018
Denaturalization Push Turns Legal Immigrants into Second Class Citizens Morristown Green August 29, 2018
Profiting From Immigration Cruelty: What’s your Price? Morristown Green August 22, 2018
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