《Worlds in Motion》是Oxford University Press, USA出版的圖書，作者是D.S. Massey，Joaquin Arango，Graeme Hugo，Ali Kouaouci，Adela Pellegrino，J. Edward Taylor，J. Arango，G. Hugo，A. Kouaouci，A. Pellegrino，J.E. Taylor
基本介紹
- ISBN：9780198294429
- 作者：D.S. Massey、Joaquin Arango、Graeme Hugo、Ali Kouaouci、Adela Pellegrino、J. Edward Taylor、J. Arango、G. Hugo、A. Kouaouci、A. Pellegrino、J.E. Taylor
- 出版社：Oxford University Press, USA
- 出版時間：1999年4月8日
- 頁數：376
- 定價：USD 225.00
- 裝幀：Hardcover
內容簡介
At the end of the 20th century nearly all developed nations have become countries of immigration, absorbing growing numbers of immigrants not only from developed regions, byt increasingly from developing nations of the Third World. Although international migration has come to play a central role in the social, economic, and demographic dynamics of both immigrant-sending and imm...(展開全部) At the end of the 20th century nearly all developed nations have become countries of immigration, absorbing growing numbers of immigrants not only from developed regions, byt increasingly from developing nations of the Third World. Although international migration has come to play a central role in the social, economic, and demographic dynamics of both immigrant-sending and immigrant-receiving countries, social scientist have been slow to construct a comprehensive theory to explain it. Efforts at theoretical explanation have been fragmented by disciplinary, geographic, and methodological boudaries. Worlds in Motion seeks to overcome these schisms to create a comprehensive theory of international migration for the next century. After explicating the various propositions and hypotheses of current theories, and identifying area of complementarity and conflict, the authors review empirical research emanting from each of the world's principal international migration systems: North America, Western Europe, the Gulf, Asia and the Pacific, and the Southern Cone of South America. Using data from the 1980s, levels and patterns of migration within each system are described to define their structure and organization. Specific studies are then comprehensively surveyed to evaluate the fundamental propositions of neoclassical economics, the new economics of labour migration, segmented labour market theory, world systems theory, social capital theory, and the theory of cumulative causation. The various theories are also tested by applying them to the relationship between internati
