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  • Hoboken : Taylor and Francis  (2)
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    Migration and Gender in the Developed World (2002)
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    ISBN: 9780415171441
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (285 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Research in Population and Migration
    Parallel Title: Print version Migration and Gender in the Developed World
    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This book demonstrates how migration is highly gendered, with the experiences of women and men often varying markedly in different migration situations
    Description / Table of Contents: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables and figures; Introduction: gender and migration in developed countries; A longitudinal and regional analysis of gender-specific social and spatial mobilities in England and Wales 1981 91; Gender variations in migration destination choice; The employment consequences of migration: gender differentials; Who gets on the escalator? Migration, social mobility and gender in Britain; The effect of family migration, migration history and self-selection on married women's labour market achievement
    Description / Table of Contents: Family migration and female participation in the labour market: moving beyond individual-level analysesMigration, marriage and the life course: commitment and residential mobility; Residential relocation of couples: the joint decision-making process considered; To follow the chicken or not? The role of women in the migration of Hong Kong professional couples; Gender variations in the characteristics of migrants living alone in England and Wales 1991; On the journeys of the gentrifiers: exploring gender, gentrification and migration; Gender issues in Irish rural out-migration
    Description / Table of Contents: Gender relations and identities in the colonization of 'Middle England'Residential change: differences in the movements and living arrangements of divorced men and women; Gender, migration and household change in elderly age groups; Differential migrations through later life; Inside and outside the Pale: diaspora experiences of Irish women; Index
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    Exploring Contemporary Migration (2014)
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
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    ISBN: 9780582251618
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (297 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Exploring Contemporary Migration
    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Exploring Contemporary Migration provides the first comprehensive introduction to the various aspects of population migration in both the developed and the developing worlds. Some of the most important quantitative and qualitative methods used for the description and analysis of migration are presented in a clearly structured and accessible way. The various theoretical approaches used to explain the complex patterns of migration are also summarised. These patterns are then explored through the use of specific migration-related themes: employment, stage in the life course, quality of life, soci
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: the spatial impact of migration; Migration as a feature of daily life; Three migration biographies: an illustration; The scale and importance of migration; Migration as a spatial event; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Defining and measuring migration; Introduction; Defining migration: the component parts; Data sources; Analysing migration quantitatively; Analysing migration qualitatively; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Contrasting conceptual approaches in migration research
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionDeterminist accounts of human migration; Humanist accounts of human migration; Integrated accounts of human migration; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Migration and employment; Introduction; International labour migration; Economic models of internal labour migration in the developed world; Refining explanations of labour migration in the developed world; Refining explanations of labour migration in the developing world; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Migration and the life-course; Introduction; The family life-cycle concept and migration; Broadening the concept: life-courses
    Description / Table of Contents: Life transitions and migrationConclusion; Chapter 6 Migration and the quality of life; Introduction; The 'lure of the city' and urbanisation; The 'lure of the countryside' and counterurbanisation; Migration and location-specific amenities; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Migration and social engineering; Introduction; Engineering migration and the place of human rights; Engineering international migration; Engineering internal migration; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Forced migration; Introduction; Defining refugees; The contemporary global refugee crisis; Nation-states and the causes of refugee movements
    Description / Table of Contents: The refugee experienceThe impact of refugees upon localities; Policy towards refugees; Not all forced migrants are refugees; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Migration and culture: some illustrations; Introduction; Cultures of migration: some illustrations; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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