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Global Migration: The Basics: The Basics [Kõva köide]

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(Ohio State University, USA), (Northeastern University, USA)
  • Formaat: Hardback, 190 pages, kõrgus x laius: 198x129 mm, kaal: 360 g, 3 Tables, black and white
  • Sari: The Basics
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Apr-2014
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415533856
  • ISBN-13: 9780415533850
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 190 pages, kõrgus x laius: 198x129 mm, kaal: 360 g, 3 Tables, black and white
  • Sari: The Basics
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Apr-2014
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415533856
  • ISBN-13: 9780415533850
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Märksõnad:
"This book challenges students of geography, political science, public policy, sociology, and economics to look beyond the rhetoric and consider the real and basic facts about migration. Through detailed examinations of the scholarly literature, demographic patterns, and public policy debates, Global Migration: The Basics exposes readers to the underlying causes and consequences of migration"--

Migration is a politically sensitive topic and an important aspect of contentious debates about social and cultural diversity, economic stability, terrorism, globalization, and nationalism.Global Migration: The Basics examines:

  • history and geography of global migration
  • the role of migrants in society
  • impact of migrants on the economy and the political system
  • policy challenges that need to be faced in confronting a rapidly changing world economy and society.

This book challenges students of geography, political science, public policy, sociology, and economics to look beyond the rhetoric and consider the real and basic facts about migration. Through detailed examinations of the scholarly literature, demographic patterns, and public policy debates, Global Migration: The Basics exposes readers to the underlying causes and consequences of migration.

Arvustused

"As a resource that synthesizes the broad scope of human migration in an accessible 175-page work, this book warrants a worthy tribute in examining the different types of migration and migrants. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduate students and above." - A. Cho, University of British Columbia, CHOICE Review, November 2014

List of Illustrations
x
Preface xi
1 Migration: What it Means and Why it Happens
1(23)
2 Migration Across the Globe
24(28)
3 Migrants and Society
52(28)
4 Migrants and the Global Economy
80(24)
5 Migration and Policy
104(38)
6 Migration and the Future
142(15)
References 157(14)
Index 171
Bernadette Hanlon is Assistant Professor in the City and Regional Planning Program in the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University.



Thomas J. Vicino is Associate Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University in Boston, where he is also affiliated with the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs.