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Migration between nations : a global introduction / Mark Abrahamson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2023.Description: viii, 184 p. : ill. pbk. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780367745424
  • 9780367745417
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.8 23 ABR
Contents:
1. Globalization and Migration Globalization Globalization and Migration Types of Migrants Migrant Workers High Skill Workers Transnational Professionals Cosmpolitanism Low Skill Workers Refugees Trafficked Migrants Exiles Foreign Students Family Migration Marriage Migration Tourism and Migration International Tourism Immigrant Immersion Tourism Medical Tourism References   2. The Economic Driver Macro Perspectives From Push Pull to Neoclassical Macro Leaving Venezuela Micro Perspectives Neoclassical Micro Theory Aspirations Versus Capability Aspirations and the Inverted U New Economics of Labor Migration Meso Analysis Household Risk Avoidance Relative Deprivation Conclusions Actual Economic Returns The Welfare Magnet Thesis Migrant Selectivity Methodological Issues Socioeconomic Status Selectivity Socioeconomic Selectivity and Downward Mobility Personality Selectivity References 3. Environmental Drivers: Climate Change and Natural Disasters The Status of Environmental Migrants Methodological Issues Measuring the Environmental Event Measuring Migration as a Response Empirical Research In the Global South In the Global North Conclusion Proximate Drivers Economic Types of Entrapment Civil Conflict Adaptation References 4. Connections between Origins and Destinations Culture and Linguistic Distance Culture and its Measurement Language and its Measurement Cultural Distance and Migration Linguistic Distance and Migration Chain Migration Case Study 4.1: Chain Migration from Bangladesh to Italy Case Study 4.2: Chain Migration of Mexican Gay Men Migration Chains as Stimuli The Chain Multiplier Cumulative Causation Stepwise Migration Case Study 4.3: Stepwise Migration of Multinational Maids Transnational Families Case Study 4.4: Husbands Left Behind in Ghana Remittances Case Study 4.5: Conflict Over Remittances in Nepal Return Migration Case Study 4.6: Deciding Whether to Return to Liberia Generational Differences Drivers of Return References   5. Undocumented Migrants Estimating Undocumented Populations Undocumented Migrants in Leading Destination Nations U.S. Germany Australia Surreptitious Border Crossing Undocumented Minors from Central America Smugglers Trafficking Sexual Exploitation Sex Workers Agency? Visa Overstays Enforcement and Detention Deportation References   6. The Social Integration of Migrants and their Offspring Conceptualizing Integration Dimensions of Integration Socioeconomic Standing The "Immigrant Optimism Paradox" Place Effects Gender and Motive Race, Skin Tone and Gender: The New Immigrant Survey Time and Place Generalizations Spatial Integration The Chicago School New Migration Patterns Intermarriage Marriage Markets Language and Cultural Proximity Marriage Dissolution Marital Opportunities Education and Gender Asian Americans Assimilability as a Criterion Transnationalism References   7. Migrant Settlements Refugee Camps Ghettos Summary Ghettos in European Cities Dispersal Policies Enclaves Leave or Stay? Tourism Summary Becoming Cross-National Ethnoburbs Los Angeles and Monterrey Park Cross-National Enterprises Comparing Settlement Types References   8. Immigrants Contributions and Natives’ Perceptions Misperceptions About Immigrants Fear of Crime Crime in Sanctuary Cities Welfare Benefits Economic Impact: Low Skill Workers Economic Impact: High Skill Workers Community Effects To Change Misperceptions Perceptions of Size Changing Attitudes
Summary: From refugees fleeing wars or natural disasters to economic migrants pursuing better paid jobs abroad, international migration is an inescapable part of the modern world. Migration Between Nations: A Global Introduction provides a succinct and accessible overview of the varied types of migrants who cross national boundaries. Drawing upon a wide-ranging selection of case studies and the latest research findings, migration patterns and recent trends throughout the world are surveyed and summarized, with particular attention to movement from the global south to the global north. In a highly inter-disciplinary analysis, the social, cultural and economic integration of migrants and of their offspring in their new homelands are also explored. Employing approaches from a number of disciplines, the methods and techniques that researchers use to study various aspects of migration and integration are also explained. Migration Between Nations: A Global Introduction will be essential reading for students in a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies, geography, global studies, history, and political science.
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Includes bibliographical references.

1. Globalization and Migration

Globalization

Globalization and Migration

Types of Migrants

Migrant Workers

High Skill Workers

Transnational Professionals

Cosmpolitanism

Low Skill Workers

Refugees

Trafficked Migrants

Exiles

Foreign Students

Family Migration

Marriage Migration

Tourism and Migration

International Tourism

Immigrant Immersion Tourism

Medical Tourism

References

 

2. The Economic Driver

Macro Perspectives

From Push Pull to Neoclassical Macro

Leaving Venezuela

Micro Perspectives

Neoclassical Micro Theory

Aspirations Versus Capability

Aspirations and the Inverted U

New Economics of Labor Migration

Meso Analysis

Household Risk Avoidance

Relative Deprivation

Conclusions

Actual Economic Returns

The Welfare Magnet Thesis

Migrant Selectivity

Methodological Issues

Socioeconomic Status Selectivity

Socioeconomic Selectivity and Downward Mobility

Personality Selectivity

References

3. Environmental Drivers: Climate Change and Natural Disasters

The Status of Environmental Migrants

Methodological Issues

Measuring the Environmental Event

Measuring Migration as a Response

Empirical Research

In the Global South

In the Global North

Conclusion

Proximate Drivers

Economic

Types of Entrapment

Civil Conflict

Adaptation

References

4. Connections between Origins and Destinations

Culture and Linguistic Distance

Culture and its Measurement

Language and its Measurement

Cultural Distance and Migration

Linguistic Distance and Migration

Chain Migration

Case Study 4.1: Chain Migration from Bangladesh to Italy

Case Study 4.2: Chain Migration of Mexican Gay Men

Migration Chains as Stimuli

The Chain Multiplier

Cumulative Causation

Stepwise Migration

Case Study 4.3: Stepwise Migration of Multinational Maids

Transnational Families

Case Study 4.4: Husbands Left Behind in Ghana

Remittances

Case Study 4.5: Conflict Over Remittances in Nepal

Return Migration

Case Study 4.6: Deciding Whether to Return to Liberia

Generational Differences

Drivers of Return

References

 

5. Undocumented Migrants

Estimating Undocumented Populations

Undocumented Migrants in Leading Destination Nations

U.S.

Germany

Australia

Surreptitious Border Crossing

Undocumented Minors from Central America

Smugglers

Trafficking

Sexual Exploitation

Sex Workers

Agency?

Visa Overstays

Enforcement and Detention

Deportation

References

 

6. The Social Integration of Migrants and their Offspring

Conceptualizing Integration

Dimensions of Integration

Socioeconomic Standing

The "Immigrant Optimism Paradox"

Place Effects

Gender and Motive

Race, Skin Tone and Gender: The New Immigrant Survey

Time and Place Generalizations

Spatial Integration

The Chicago School

New Migration Patterns

Intermarriage

Marriage Markets

Language and Cultural Proximity

Marriage Dissolution

Marital Opportunities

Education and Gender

Asian Americans

Assimilability as a Criterion

Transnationalism

References

 

7. Migrant Settlements

Refugee Camps

Ghettos

Summary

Ghettos in European Cities

Dispersal Policies

Enclaves

Leave or Stay?

Tourism

Summary

Becoming Cross-National

Ethnoburbs

Los Angeles and Monterrey Park

Cross-National Enterprises

Comparing Settlement Types

References

 

8. Immigrants Contributions and Natives’ Perceptions

Misperceptions About Immigrants

Fear of Crime

Crime in Sanctuary Cities

Welfare Benefits

Economic Impact: Low Skill Workers

Economic Impact: High Skill Workers

Community Effects

To Change Misperceptions

Perceptions of Size

Changing Attitudes

From refugees fleeing wars or natural disasters to economic migrants pursuing better paid jobs abroad, international migration is an inescapable part of the modern world. Migration Between Nations: A Global Introduction provides a succinct and accessible overview of the varied types of migrants who cross national boundaries.

Drawing upon a wide-ranging selection of case studies and the latest research findings, migration patterns and recent trends throughout the world are surveyed and summarized, with particular attention to movement from the global south to the global north. In a highly inter-disciplinary analysis, the social, cultural and economic integration of migrants and of their offspring in their new homelands are also explored. Employing approaches from a number of disciplines, the methods and techniques that researchers use to study various aspects of migration and integration are also explained.

Migration Between Nations: A Global Introduction will be essential reading for students in a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies, geography, global studies, history, and political science.

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