The volume and dynamics of international migration and transnational social spaces
Lacunae of migration and post-migration research -- A review of dominant theories of international migration -- Situating the first puzzle: why so few migrants and why so many? -- The crucial meso link: social capital in social and symbolic ties -- The selective function of social capital: why are t...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford Berlin [u.a.] : Clarendon Press,
2000
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| Schlagworte: | Emigration and immigration Soziales Kapital Politischer Prozess Internationale Politik Transnationale Politik Arbeitsmobilität Flüchtling Einwanderer Assimilation Raum mehr... |
| Umfang: | XIV, 380 S. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Lacunae of migration and post-migration research
- A review of dominant theories of international migration
- Situating the first puzzle: why so few migrants and why so many?
- The crucial meso link: social capital in social and symbolic ties
- The selective function of social capital: why are there so few migrants out of most places?
- The selective and diffusion functions of social capital: why so may migrants out of so few places?
- The bridging functions of social capital: transnational social spaces
- The adaptive functions of social capital: transnationalization and nation-state membership
- Elements for multi-level research on international migration and post-migration processes.