Migration Theory : Talking across Disciplines.
| Author/creator | Brettell, Caroline |
| Other author | Hollifield, James Frank, 1954- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Publication Info | Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014. |
| Description | 1 online resource (357 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION Migration Theory Talking Across Disciplines; Framing the Question; Levels and Units of Analysis; Data and Methodology; Immigration, Integration, and Citizenship; Bridge Building among the Disciplines; CHAPTER 1 Time and Temporality in Migration Studies; The Historical Origins of Migration Studies; Theory and Historical Migration Studies after 1960; Migration as a Global Phenomenon: The Current State of the History-Social Science Dialogue; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2 Demographic Analyses of Immigration. |
| Contents | Theories of International Migration; Theories of Immigrant Integration; Theories of Immigration's Effects on Receiving Societies; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3 Economic Aspects of Migration; Introduction; Immigration Patterns and Responses; Macroeconomic Effects; Labor Market Effects; Public Finance Effects; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Conclusions; CHAPTER 4 The Sociology of International Migration; A Taxonomy of Sociological Perspectives; Selectivity; Classical Assimilation and Integration; Segmented Assimilation; Transnationalism; Dissimilation; Conclusion. |
| Contents | CHAPTER 5 Theorizing Migration in Anthropology The Cultural, Social, and Phenomenological Dimensions of Movement; Patterns of Mobility: From Typologies to Meaning; Articulating Micro and Macro/Global and Local/Here and There; The Social Organization of Migration: Kinship, Networks, and Gender; Theorizing Migration/Theorizing Ethnicity and Identity; Citizenship and Belonging/Inclusion and Exclusion; The State, the City, and Multiculturalism; Conclusion; CHAPTER 6 Coming of Age Migration Theory in Geography; Introduction; Socio-Spatial Theories in Geography; The "Transnational Turn" in Geography. |
| Contents | Feminist Theory and Migration Research in Geography; Critical Race Theory, Whiteness, and Antiracist Geography; Future Directions for Migration Research in Geography; CHAPTER 7 The Politics of International Migration How Can "We Bring the State Back In"?; Framing the Question; The Migration "Crisis" in Historical Perspective; The Politics of Control; Migration and International Relations; The Politics of Incorporation, Citizenship, and National Identity; Conclusion: Avenues for Future Research; CHAPTER 8 Law and Migration Many Constants, Few Changes; Immigration and Sovereignty. |
| Contents | Westphalian and Post-Westphalian Problems and Reforms; Post-Westphalian and Neo-Westphalian Backlash; Post-Multiculturalism and the Neo-Liberal Welfare State; CHAPTER 9 Migration Theory Rebooted? Asymmetric Challenges in a Global Agenda; Canyons and Silos in Migration Studies; Nation-State Mentalities; Asymmetries across the Atlantic; Final Word; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX. |
| Abstract | During the last decade the issue of migration has increased in global prominence and has caused controversy among host countries around the world. To remedy the tendency of scholars to speak only to and from their own disciplinary perspective, this book brings together in a single volume essays dealing with central concepts and key theoretical issues in the study of international migration across the social sciences. Editors Caroline B. Brettell and James F. Hollifield have guided a thorough revision of this seminal text, with valuable insights from such fields as anthropology, demography, |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Brettell, Caroline B. Migration Theory : Talking across Disciplines. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780415742023 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781317805984 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1317805984 (electronic bk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |