296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

Exploring Contemporary Migration provides the first comprehensive introduction to the various aspects of population migration in both the developed and the developing worlds. Some of the most important quantitative and qualitative methods used for the description and analysis of migration are presented in a clearly structured and accessible way. The various theoretical approaches used to explain... Read more

Introduction: The Spatial Impact of Migration
1. Defining and Measuring Migration
2. Constrasting Conceptual Approaches in Migration Research
3. Migration and Employment
4. Migration and the Life-course
5. Migration and the Quality of Life
6. Migration and Social Engineering
7. Forced Migration
8. Migration and Culture: Some Illustrations

Biography

Paul Boyle, Keith Halfacree, Vaughan Robinson