Exploring Contemporary Migration

ISBN-13: 9780582251618 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 296 str.

P. J. Boyle; Paul Boyle; Keith Halfacree

Opis

This is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of population migration in the contemporary world. The major sources of migration data and methods for description and analysis are presented, along with a summary of the various theories and patterns of migration. These are then explored in respect to movements linked to employment stage in the life course, quality of life, societal engineering, violence and persecution and cultural factors.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Spatial Impact of Migration
1. Defining and Measuring Migration
2. Constrasting Conceptual Approaches in Migration Research
3. Migration and Employment
4. Migration and the Life-course
5. Migration and the Quality of Life
6. Migration and Social Engineering
7. Forced Migration
8. Migration and Culture: Some Illustrations

O autorze

Paul Boyle, Keith Halfacree, Vaughan Robinson