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Understanding international migration : social, cultural and historical contexts / Ross Bond.

Bond, Ross, author.
2022
JV6035
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Title
Understanding international migration : social, cultural and historical contexts / Ross Bond.
Author
Bond, Ross, author.
ISBN
3031164636
9783031164637 (electronic bk.)
9783031164620 (pbk.)
3031164628
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16463-7
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-16463-7 doi
Call Number
JV6035
Dewey Decimal Classification
304.82
Summary
Uniquely informed by a sociological perspective, this major new textbook introduces the underlying origins and consequences of international migration, placing individuals within a broader social, cultural and historical context. This comprehensive introduction analyses international migration and its effects on those who migrate, their families, and their places of origin and destination. Drawing on illustrative examples from around the world, the book covers the major theories concerning the origins of international migration and the manner, degree and consequences of migrants incorporation into the societies to which they move. It also includes in-depth discussion of how international migration is relevant to key issues gender, the family, and religion; the so-called refugee crisis in much of the developed world; and offers insights throughout into cutting-edge research from emotions and lifestyle migration to the proliferation of digital communication technologies. This text expertly offers students the necessary skills to unpack common myths that are used to inform policy and media discourse, including abstract distinctions between refugee and economic migrant, the complex and ambiguous nature of migrant national identity, and that while many richer countries of the world are characterized by a perceived refugee crisis, it is in fact poorer and developing countries that see the vast majority of the worlds refugees and displaced persons. Ross Bond is Senior Lecturer and Head of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.
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Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Understanding the origins of international migration.- Chapter 3. Understanding Migrant Incorporation: Assimilation and Multiculturalism.- Chapter 4. Migrants' associations with their 'homelands': transnationalism, diaspora and development.- Chapter 5. Gender and migration.- Chapter 6. Migration and the Family.- Chapter 7. Religion and migration.- Chapter 8. Forced migration, refugees and displacement.- Chapter 9. Emerging Themes in International Migration.- Chapter 10. Conclusions.
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Intro
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
Defining, Categorising and Describing International Migration
Why Is International Migration an Important Topic for Sociological Study?
International Migration in Historical Context
Historic Migration and Contemporary Diasporas
Migration and Colonialism
Slavery and Migration for Indentured Labour
Which Features of Contemporary International Migration Are More Novel?
Migration, Nations and Borders
Globalisation and Migration

The Contemporary Migrant Labour Market
The Feminisation of International Migration?
The Declining Significance of Distance
Outline of This Book
References
Chapter 2: Understanding the Origins of International Migration
The Macro Level
Migration Policies
Global Inequalities and Development
(Post-)Colonial Relationships
The Micro Level
Economic Perspectives
The Aspirations/Ability Model
Capital and Habitus
The Meso Level
Social Networks and the Perpetuation of Migration
'Cultures' of Migration
Limits to the Self-perpetuation of Migration

Conclusion: Understanding Migration via the Interaction of Structure and Agency
References
Chapter 3: Understanding Migrant Incorporation: Assimilation and Multiculturalism
Assimilation: Origins, Development and Critique
Rethinking Assimilation
Inter-group and Intra-group Differences
Relational Assimilation: How Immigration Changes the 'Established' Population
Multiculturalism
Comparing Multiculturalism and Assimilation
The Lived Experience of Multiculturalism
Conclusion
References

Chapter 4: Migrants' Associations with Their 'Homelands': Transnationalism, Diaspora and Development
Transnationalism
Social
Economic
Cultural
Political
Critiques and Limitations of Transnationalism
Diaspora
Sub-categorising Diaspora
Critiques and Limitations of Diaspora
Development
Social Remittances
Critical Perspectives on the Migration-Development Nexus
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Gender and Migration
How Does Gender Ideology Affect Women's Migration Relative to Men's?
How Are Gender Relations Affected by Migration?

In What Ways and Why Is the Impact of Migration on Gender Relations Limited?
References
Chapter 6: Migration and the Family
How Might the Family Both Influence and Be Influenced by Migration?
Children and Migration
Transnational Families
Transnational Caregiving
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Religion and Migration
Religion and Migrant Incorporation
Religion as a 'Bridge' to Migrant Incorporation?: The USA
Religion as a 'Barrier' to Migrant Incorporation?: Europe
Religion as a 'Bridge' and 'Barrier' to Migrant Incorporation?

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