An edition of The migration-development nexus
(2011)
The migration-development nexus
a transnational perspective
by Thomas Faist, Margit Fauser, and Peter Kivisto
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"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."--
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Citizenship, Sustainable development, Immigrants, Minorities, Emigration and immigration, Economic conditions, Social conditions, History, Minorities, economic conditions, Minorities, social conditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralTimes
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The migration-development nexus: a transnational perspective
2011, Palgrave Macmillan
in English
0230228577 9780230228573
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Table of Contents
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The migration-development nexus: toward a transnational perspective -- Tthomas Faist and Margit Fauser -- Part I.
Paradigms: Methodological and Conceptual: -- 2.
A global perspective on migration and development -- Nina Glick Schiller; -- 3.
The dialectic between uneven development and forced migration: toward a political economy framework -- Raúl Delgado Wise and Humberto Márquez Covarrubias -- Part II.
Organizations, Networks and States: -- 4.
Diasporas, recovery, and development in conflict-ridden societies -- Nicholas van Hear; -- 5.
Business as usual?: urban actors and transnational investments in Accra, Ghana -- Lothar Smith; -- 6.
How receiving cities contribute to simultaneous engagements for incorporation and development -- Margit Fauser; -- 7.
A sociology of diaspora knowledge etworks -- Jean-Baptiste Meyer -- Part III.
Outlook: -- 8.
Academic knowledge, policy, and the public role of social scientists -- Thomas Faist; -- 9.
Modernization, development, and migration in a skeptical age -- Peter Kivisto.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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