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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION Migration Theory Talking Across Disciplines
Framing the Question
Levels and Units of Analysis
Data and Methodology
Immigration, Integration, and Citizenship
Bridge Building among the Disciplines
CHAPTER 1 Time and Temporality in Migration Studies
The Historical Origins of Migration Studies
Theory and Historical Migration Studies after 1960
Migration as a Global Phenomenon: The Current State of the History–Social Science Dialogue
Conclusion
CHAPTER 2 Demographic Analyses of Immigration
Theories of International Migration
Theories of Immigrant Integration
Theories of Immigration’s Effects on Receiving Societies
Conclusion
CHAPTER 3 Economic Aspects of Migration
Introduction
Immigration Patterns and Responses
Macroeconomic Effects
Labor Market Effects
Public Finance Effects
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Conclusions
CHAPTER 4 The Sociology of International Migration
A Taxonomy of Sociological Perspectives
Selectivity
Classical Assimilation and Integration
Segmented Assimilation
Transnationalism
Dissimilation
Conclusion
CHAPTER 5 Theorizing Migration in Anthropology The Cultural, Social, and Phenomenological Dimensions of Movement
Patterns of Mobility: From Typologies to Meaning
Articulating Micro and Macro/Global and Local/Here and There
The Social Organization of Migration: Kinship, Networks, and Gender
Theorizing Migration/Theorizing Ethnicity and Identity
Citizenship and Belonging/Inclusion and Exclusion
The State, the City, and Multiculturalism
Conclusion
CHAPTER 6 Coming of Age Migration Theory in Geography
Introduction
Socio-Spatial Theories in Geography
The “Transnational Turn” in Geography
Feminist Theory and Migration Research in Geography
Critical Race Theory, Whiteness, and Antiracist Geography
Future Directions for Migration Research in Geography
CHAPTER 7 The Politics of International Migration How Can “We Bring the State Back In”?
Framing the Question
The Migration “Crisis” in Historical Perspective
The Politics of Control
Migration and International Relations
The Politics of Incorporation, Citizenship, and National Identity
Conclusion: Avenues for Future Research
CHAPTER 8 Law and Migration Many Constants, Few Changes
Immigration and Sovereignty
Westphalian and Post-Westphalian Problems and Reforms
Post-Westphalian and Neo-Westphalian Backlash
Post-Multiculturalism and the Neo-Liberal Welfare State
CHAPTER 9 Migration Theory Rebooted? Asymmetric Challenges in a Global Agenda
Canyons and Silos in Migration Studies
Nation-State Mentalities
Asymmetries across the Atlantic
Final Word
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
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