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New Perspectives on International Migration and Development.
Title:
New Perspectives on International Migration and Development.
Author:
Cortina, Jeronimo.
ISBN:
9780231527491
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Series:
Initiative for Policy Dialogue
Contents:
Cover -- Half title -- Series List -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Series Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Migration, Development, States, Culture, and Human Rights -- 1. Development and Migration: Historical Trends and Future Research -- 2. The Impact of Migration on Development: Explicating the Role of the State -- 3. Bringing Culture Back In: Opportunities and Challenges for the Migration-Development Nexus -- 4. Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers -- Part 2. Migration, Development, Children, and Women -- 5. Family and School Reconfiguration: The Case of Ecuadorian Highland Migration to Spain -- 6. Women, Children, and Migration: Developmental Considerations -- Part 3. Migration and Development: Country Experiences -- 7. Migration and Development: Lessons from the Moroccan Experience -- 8. The Southern Crossroads: Human Mobility, Governance, and Development in South Africa -- 9. Migration Between the Asia-Pacific and Australia: A Development Perspective -- 10. Asian Migration to the United States: Development Implications for Asia -- 11. Indian Migrants to the Gulf: The Kerala Experience -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
With contributions from leading scholars in international development, economics, political science and sociology, this collection draws attention to migration's developmental impacts on sending and receiving societies. Through pressing, current case studies, contributors examine the ubiquitous interplay among migration, development, culture, human rights, and government, all toward advancing more effective solutions to international migration issues. The volume's multidisciplinary perspective combines theoretical discussions with empirical applications, broadening its appeal to both academics and policymakers eager to maximize migration's developmental impacts. The collection begins with a theoretical and empirical discussion detailing when and why migration promotes growth and what kind of indicators beyond GDP should be considered in measuring growth. Challenging a number of misconceptions, such as the assumption that redressing poverty and alleviating underdevelopment in immigrant communities are separate pursuits, essays uniquely privilege the role of culture in the migration-poverty debate. Contributors acknowledge the inherent cultural dimension of the migratory phenomenon and define the contours of a research program that systematically and comparatively weighs the cultural dynamics of migration. They also emphasize the role of human rights in reinforcing positive developmental outcomes, following trends in well-being and development within specific migration corridors.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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