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1 online resource |
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International handbooks of population, 2215-1877 ; Volume 6 |
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International handbooks of population ; Volume 6.
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| Contents |
1: Introduction: Contemporary Insights on Migration and Population Distribution; Part I: Perspectives on Theory for Internal and International Migration; 2: Perspectives on Migration Theory: Geography; The Intensity of Migration: Distance Decay and the Gravity Model; The Causes of Migration: Economics as the Main Driving Force; Taking the Economy More Seriously; Linking Internal and International Migration; The Direction of Migration: ̀̀Development ́́and Mass Migration; Telecommunications and Migration; The Scaling of Migration Control; The Mobilities Paradigm |
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The Variety of Migration: Circulation and TransnationalismGender and Migration; The Channelization of Migration: Migration Fields and Networked Flows; Conclusions; References; 3: Perspectives on Migration Theory -- Economics; Introduction; The Disequilibrium Perspective; The Gravity Model; Present Discounted Values; Job-Search Models; Microdata Approaches; Selectivity Issues; The Equilibrium Perspective; Consequences of Migration and Conclusions; References; 4: Perspectives on Migration Theory-Anthropology; Research Methodologies and Units of Analysis |
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Transnationalism, Diaspora, and CosmopolitanismImmigrants, Citizenship, and Political Mobilization; Inclusion and Exclusion: The Reception of Immigrants, Discourses of Immigration, and Racism; Immigrants, the State, the Law, and Multiculturalism; Conclusion; References; 5: Perspectives on Migration Theory -- Sociology and Political Science; A Brief Nod to History; The Migrant: Individual, Community Member, Node in a Network; Migration and the Family; Non-pecuniary Factors in Micro-level Migration; Migration, Social Networks and Community; Migration and Destination Adaptation |
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Migration and Political StructuresNew Directions; Data and Methods; Substantive Horizons and Challenges; Political and Social Contexts; References; 6: Conceptualizing Migration: From Internal/International to Kinds of Membership; The Cleavage Between International and Internal Migration; Bridging the Gap Between Internal and International Migration; Emphasis on a Different Cleavage; References; Part II: Data and Methods for Migration Study; 7: Concepts, Definitions and Data Collection Approaches; Introduction; Conceptual and Definitional Issues and Conundra; Definitions; Further Observations |
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Questions to Identify MigrantsTypology Conundra; Common Existing Sources of Data, Limitations and Prospects for Making them More Useful; Population Censuses and Continuous Population Registers; Existing Household Surveys to Which Questions on Migration May Be Added ; The Crucial Issues of Sample Size and Prevalence of Migrants; Major Existing Types of Household Surveys that Could Provide Data on Migrants if Modified; Aspects of Survey Design for Specialized Surveys of Migration; Sampling in Surveys of Migration; Stratification and Disproportionate Sampling |
| Summary |
This Handbook offers a comprehensive collection of essays that cover essential features of geographical mobility, from internal migration, to international migration, to urbanization, to the adaptation of migrants in their destinations. Part I of the collection introduces the range of theoretical perspectives offered by several social science disciplines, while also examining the crucial relationship between internal and international migration.℗ℓ Part II takes up methods, ranging from how migration data are best collected to contemporary techniques for analyzing such data.℗ℓ Part III of the handbook contains summaries of present trends across all world regions.℗ℓ Part IV rounds out the volume with several contributions assessing pressing issues in contemporary policy areas.℗ℓ The volumeℓ́ℓs editor Michael J. White has spent a career studying the pattern and process of internal and international migration, urbanization, and population distribution in a wide variety of settings, from developing societies to advanced economies.℗ℓ In this Handbook he brings together contributors from all parts of the world, gathering in this one volume both geographical and substantive expertise of the first rank.℗ℓ The Handbook will be a key reference source for established scholars, as well as an invaluable high-level introduction to the most relevant topics in the field for emerging scholars |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 28, 2015) |
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Emigration and immigration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Population -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Demography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Demography
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Emigration and immigration
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Population
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
White, Michael J., 1953- editor.
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| ISBN |
9789401772822 |
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9401772827 |
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9401772819 |
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9789401772815 |
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