Advanced Introduction to Migration Studies
eBook - PDF

Advanced Introduction to Migration Studies

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Advanced Introduction to Migration Studies

About this book

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a timely overview of the main issues and scholarship in migration studies, Ronald Skeldon examines the principal methods of migration and offers in-depth guidance on trends and types of population movements in today's world. Key areas such as forced movements and refugees are considered, alongside more voluntary migration and the relationship between migration and development. The main approaches to migration policy are also reviewed.Key features include: • a broad interdisciplinary approach to migration studies• consideration of both internal and international migration• a fresh look at future migration challenges• a substantial review of the literature.This insightful Advanced Introduction will be an excellent resource for both graduates and undergraduates studying migration. It will also be a useful guide for researchers in government departments, international agencies and think tanks who are actively engaged in work on migration.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. About the author
  5. Introduction to migration studies
  6. 1 Migration measured
  7. 2 Migration described
  8. 3 Migration conceptualized: the socio-economic context
  9. 4 Migration constrained: the political context
  10. 5 Developmental migration
  11. 6 Migration managed
  12. 7 Migration futures
  13. 8 Migration studies: a way forward
  14. Afterword and acknowledgements
  15. References
  16. Index