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001 2011003953
003 DLC
005 20110908084547.0
008 110202s2011 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011003953
020 $a9780230228573 (hardback)
020 $a0230228577 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn692287973
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dBWX$dIUL$dDLC
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050 00 $aJV6033$b.M565 2011
082 00 $a338.9$222
084 $aSOC006000$aSOC007000$aSOC015000$aSOC026000$2bisacsh
245 04 $aThe migration-development nexus :$ba transnational perspective /$cedited by Thomas Faist, Margit Fauser, Peter Kivisto.
260 $aHoundmills, Baskingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $axiv, 228 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 0 $aMigration, diasporas and citizenship series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe migration-development nexus: toward a transnational perspective /$rTthomas Faist and Margit Fauser --$gPart I.$tParadigms: Methodological and Conceptual:$g2.$tA global perspective on migration and development /$rNina Glick Schiller;$g3.$tThe dialectic between uneven development and forced migration: toward a political economy framework /$rRaúl Delgado Wise and Humberto Márquez Covarrubias --$gPart II.$tOrganizations, Networks and States:$g4.$tDiasporas, recovery, and development in conflict-ridden societies /$rNicholas van Hear;$g5.$tBusiness as usual?: urban actors and transnational investments in Accra, Ghana /$rLothar Smith;$g6.$tHow receiving cities contribute to simultaneous engagements for incorporation and development /$rMargit Fauser;$g7.$tA sociology of diaspora knowledge etworks /$rJean-Baptiste Meyer --$gPart III.$tOutlook:$g8.$tAcademic knowledge, policy, and the public role of social scientists /$rThomas Faist;$g9.$tModernization, development, and migration in a skeptical age /$rPeter Kivisto.
520 $a"This book examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective."--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aEmigration and immigration$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aImmigrants$xEconomic conditions.
650 0 $aImmigrants$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aMinorities$xEconomic conditions.
650 0 $aMinorities$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aCitizenship$xHistory.
650 0 $aSustainable development.
700 1 $aFaist, Thomas,$d1959-
700 1 $aFauser, Margit,$d1972-
700 1 $aKivisto, Peter,$d1948-