Theories of Migration

by Robin Cohen

Overview

Migration, population shifts and flights from natural disaster have been known since the dawn of history, yet have only been rigorously studied in modern times. Are contemporary scholars of migration capable of evolving a single comprehensive theory which accounts for the diverse causes and implications of migration?

In Theories of Migration, Robin Cohen has brought together a substantive body of scholarship from many disciplines and schools of thought which addresses the failure to produce one satisfactory general theory of migration. Attempts to construct a theory of migration have been constrained by the considerable variety of migrations which have to be considered - professional and unskilled, compelled and voluntary, settler and temporary, internal and international, and finally, illegal and legal. Perspectives arising from all the major social science disciplines are represented in this volume which features over 25 articles originally published in a wide array of professional disciplines.

Theories of Migration shows that some important advances have been made across disciplines to create the building blocks of a theory which encompasses the many different forms of human migrations found in recorded history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858980010
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	11/12/1996
Series:	The International Library of Studies on Migration series , #1
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Robin Cohen, Professor of Development Studies and Director, International Migration Institute, University of Oxford, UK

Table of Contents

Contents: Acknowledgements Part I: General Perspectives Part II: Disciplinary Perspectives Index

Editorial Reviews

Presents perspectives on migration from all of the major social science disciplines, as part of the ongoing attempt to synthesize a general theory of migration. A section on general perspectives contains papers on areas such as a systems approach to a theory of rural-urban migration, political refugees, theories of international immigration, and a general theory of migration in late capitalism. A section on disciplinary perspectives looks at subjects including long- run economic effects of immigration, the formation of new states as a refugee-generating process, and recent European migration. Articles were originally published between 1958 and 1993. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews