ISBN:
9780582239609
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (264 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Longman Development Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Migration and Development : A Global Perspective
DDC:
304.82
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The first text that specifically links both international and internal migration with development at a global level. The world is divided into a series of functionally integrated development zones which are identified, not simply on the basis of their level of development, but also through their spatial patterns and historical experience of migration. Migration and Development stresses the importance of migration in discussing regional, rather than simply country, differences. These variations in mobility are placed within the context of a global hierarchy, although regional, national and loca
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Introduction: myths and movements; 1 Theories and approaches; 2 Systems and boundaries; 3 The old core; 4 The new core; 5 Core extensions and potential cores; 6 The labour frontier; 7 The resource niche; Conclusion: the system and the future; Annexe tables; References; General index; Geographical index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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