International Migration, Development and Human Wellbeing
β Scribed by Katie Wright (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 168
- Series
- Rethinking International Development Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Migrating for a Better Life?....Pages 8-32
Contextualising Human Wellbeing in London and Madrid....Pages 33-49
International Migration and Human Wellbeing in London and Madrid....Pages 50-84
How Do Constructions of Human Wellbeing Travel between London, Madrid and Peru?....Pages 85-124
Conclusions and Implications for Theory and Policy....Pages 125-135
Back Matter....Pages 136-155
β¦ Subjects
Migration; Medical Sociology; Development Studies; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; Political Science; Political Sociology
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