The Migration-Development Nexus: A Transnational Perspective

✍ Scribed by Thomas Faist, Margit Fauser, Peter Kivisto (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 239
Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Migration–Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective....Pages 1-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
A Global Perspective on Migration and Development....Pages 29-56
The Dialectic between Uneven Development and Forced Migration: Toward a Political Economy Framework....Pages 57-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Diasporas, Recovery and Development in Conflict-ridden Societies....Pages 85-103
Business as Usual? Urban Actors and Transnational Investments in Accra, Ghana....Pages 104-133
How Receiving Cities Contribute to Simultaneous Engagements for Incorporation and Development....Pages 134-158
A Sociology of Diaspora Knowledge Networks....Pages 159-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Academic Knowledge, Policy and the Public Role of Social Scientists....Pages 185-203
Modernization, Development and Migration in a Sceptical Age....Pages 204-224
Back Matter....Pages 225-228

✦ Subjects

Development Studies; Development Policy; Human Geography; Political Economy; Ethnicity Studies; Migration

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