The Migration-Development Nexus: A Trans
β Thomas Faist, Margit Fauser, Peter Kivisto (eds.)
π Library
π
2011
π Palgrave Macmillan UK
π English
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The Migration-Development Nexus: A Transnational Perspective (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship)
β Scribed by Thomas Faist, Peter Kivisto, Margit Fauser
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 243
- Edition
- 1
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- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
ThisΒ book examinesΒ current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus andΒ subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables and Figure......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
Notes on Contributors......Page 13
1 The MigrationβDevelopment Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective......Page 16
Part I: Paradigms β Methodological and Conceptual......Page 42
2 A Global Perspective on Migration and Development......Page 44
3 The Dialectic between Uneven Development and Forced Migration: Toward a Political Economy Framework......Page 72
Part II: Organizations, Networks and States......Page 98
4 Diasporas, Recovery and Development in Conflict-ridden Societies......Page 100
5 Business as Usual? Urban Actors and Transnational Investments in Accra, Ghana......Page 119
6 How Receiving Cities Contribute to Simultaneous Engagements for Incorporation and Development......Page 149
7 A Sociology of Diaspora Knowledge Networks......Page 174
Part III: Outlook......Page 198
8 Academic Knowledge, Policy and the Public Role of Social Scientists......Page 200
9 Modernization, Development and Migration in a Sceptical Age......Page 219
Index......Page 240
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