ISBN:
9780415926119
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (306 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Migration Theory: Talking Across the Disciplines
DDC:
304.8
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
During the last decade the issue of migration has increased in global prominence and has caused controversy among the host countries around the world. Continuing their interdisciplinary approach, editors Catherine Brettell and James Hollifield have included revised essays from the first edition in such fields as anthropology, political science, and history. This edition also features new essays by a demographer, geopgrapher, and sociologist.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines; Copyright; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION: Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines; CHAPTER 1 History and the Study of Immigration: Narratives of the Particular; CHAPTER 2 Demographic Analyses of International Migration; CHAPTER 3 Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected?: An Economic Analysis; CHAPTER 4 The Sociology of Immigration: From Assimilation to Segmented Assimilation, from the American Experience to the Global Arena
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 5 Theorizing Migration in Anthropology: The Social Construction of Networks, Identities, Communities, and GlobalscapesCHAPTER 6 Place, Space, and Pattern: Geographical Theories in International Migration; CHAPTER 7 The Politics of International Migration: How Can We "Bring the State Back In"?; CHAPTER 8 Law and the Study of Migration; CHAPTER 9 Rebooting Migration Theory: Interdisciplinarity, Globality, and Postdisciplinarity in Migration Studies; Contributors; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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