ISBN:
9783031164637
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online Ressource (xv, 232 Seiten)
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DDC:
304.82
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Defining, Categorising and Describing International Migration -- Why Is International Migration an Important Topic for Sociological Study? -- International Migration in Historical Context -- Historic Migration and Contemporary Diasporas -- Migration and Colonialism -- Slavery and Migration for Indentured Labour -- Which Features of Contemporary International Migration Are More Novel? -- Migration, Nations and Borders -- Globalisation and Migration -- The Contemporary Migrant Labour Market -- The Feminisation of International Migration? -- The Declining Significance of Distance -- Outline of This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Understanding the Origins of International Migration -- The Macro Level -- Migration Policies -- Global Inequalities and Development -- (Post-)Colonial Relationships -- The Micro Level -- Economic Perspectives -- The Aspirations/Ability Model -- Capital and Habitus -- The Meso Level -- Social Networks and the Perpetuation of Migration -- 'Cultures' of Migration -- Limits to the Self-perpetuation of Migration -- Conclusion: Understanding Migration via the Interaction of Structure and Agency -- References -- Chapter 3: Understanding Migrant Incorporation: Assimilation and Multiculturalism -- Assimilation: Origins, Development and Critique -- Rethinking Assimilation -- Inter-group and Intra-group Differences -- Relational Assimilation: How Immigration Changes the 'Established' Population -- Multiculturalism -- Comparing Multiculturalism and Assimilation -- The Lived Experience of Multiculturalism -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Migrants' Associations with Their 'Homelands': Transnationalism, Diaspora and Development -- Transnationalism -- Social -- Economic -- Cultural -- Political.
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