Globalization and Migration : A Macro-Comparative Study

ISBN-13: 9783639133141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 176 str.

Matthew Sanderson

Opis

International migration has become an increasinglysalient feature of the contemporary world, as morethan 200 million people -- a figure equivalent to thesixth most populous country in the world -- now liveoutside of their country of birth. Yet much of whatwe know about international migration is based uponindividual-level ethnographies or country-specificstudies, limiting our understanding of themacro-structural, or global, characteristics ofinternational migration. In this timely work,Matthew Sanderson provides a comprehensive andsystematic treatment of international migration thatspans the less-developed world in the late twentiethcentury. He draws upon an interdisciplinarytheoretical framework and employs a multi-methodsapproach that combines quantitative, cross-nationalanalyses with case studies of countries. Thefindings from the analyses demonstrate thatinternational migration is both an important causeand consequence of global social change. Globalization and Migration offers a novelperspective that challenges our contemporaryunderstanding of why people move and how thesemovements affect receiving countries in theless-developed world.

O autorze

Matthew R. Sanderson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at
Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a
macro-comparative sociologist with interests in the areas of
political economy and global social change.