From refugees fleeing wars or natural disasters to economic migrants pursuing better paid jobs abroad, international migration is an inescapable part of the modern world. Migration Between Nations: A Global Introduction provides a succinct and accessible overview of the varied types of migrants who cross national boundaries.
Drawing upon a wide-ranging selection of case studies and the latest research findings, migration patterns and recent trends throughout the world are surveyed and summarized, with particular attention to movement from the global south to the global north. In a highly inter-disciplinary analysis, the social, cultural and economic integration of migrants and of their offspring in their new homelands are also explored. Employing approaches from a number of disciplines, the methods and techniques that researchers use to study various aspects of migration and integration are also explained.
Migration Between Nations: A Global Introduction will be essential reading for students in a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies, geography, global studies, history, and political science.
1. Globalization and Migration
Globalization
Globalization and Migration
Types of Migrants
Migrant Workers
High Skill Workers
Transnational Professionals
Cosmpolitanism
Low Skill Workers
Refugees
Trafficked Migrants
Exiles
Foreign Students
Family Migration
Marriage Migration
Tourism and Migration
International Tourism
Immigrant Immersion Tourism
Medical Tourism
References
2. The Economic Driver
Macro Perspectives
From Push Pull to Neoclassical Macro
Leaving Venezuela
Micro Perspectives
Neoclassical Micro Theory
Aspirations Versus Capability
Aspirations and the Inverted U
New Economics of Labor Migration
Meso Analysis
Household Risk Avoidance
Relative Deprivation
Conclusions
Actual Economic Returns
The Welfare Magnet Thesis
Migrant Selectivity
Methodological Issues
Socioeconomic Status Selectivity
Socioeconomic Selectivity and Downward Mobility
Personality Selectivity
References
3. Environmental Drivers: Climate Change and Natural Disasters
The Status of Environmental Migrants
Methodological Issues
Measuring the Environmental Event
Measuring Migration as a Response
Empirical Research
In the Global South
In the Global North
Conclusion
Proximate Drivers
Economic
Types of Entrapment
Civil Conflict
Adaptation
References
4. Connections between Origins and Destinations
Culture and Linguistic Distance
Culture and its Measurement
Language and its Measurement
Cultural Distance and Migration
Linguistic Distance and Migration
Chain Migration
Case Study 4.1: Chain Migration from Bangladesh to Italy
Case Study 4.2: Chain Migration of Mexican Gay Men
Migration Chains as Stimuli
The Chain Multiplier
Cumulative Causation
Stepwise Migration
Case Study 4.3: Stepwise Migration of Multinational Maids
Transnational Families
Case Study 4.4: Husbands Left Behind in Ghana
Remittances
Case Study 4.5: Conflict Over Remittances in Nepal
Return Migration
Case Study 4.6: Deciding Whether to Return to Liberia
Generational Differences
Drivers of Return
References
5. Undocumented Migrants
Estimating Undocumented Populations
Undocumented Migrants in Leading Destination Nations
U.S.
Germany
Australia
Surreptitious Border Crossing
Undocumented Minors from Central America
Smugglers
Trafficking
Sexual Exploitation
Sex Workers
Agency?
Visa Overstays
Enforcement and Detention
Deportation
References
6. The Social Integration of Migrants and their Offspring
Conceptualizing Integration
Dimensions of Integration
Socioeconomic Standing
The "Immigrant Optimism Paradox"
Place Effects
Gender and Motive
Race, Skin Tone and Gender: The New Immigrant Survey
Time and Place Generalizations
Spatial Integration
The Chicago School
New Migration Patterns
Intermarriage
Marriage Markets
Language and Cultural Proximity
Marriage Dissolution
Marital Opportunities
Education and Gender
Asian Americans
Assimilability as a Criterion
Transnationalism
References
7. Migrant Settlements
Refugee Camps
Ghettos
Summary
Ghettos in European Cities
Dispersal Policies
Enclaves
Leave or Stay?
Tourism
Summary
Becoming Cross-National
Ethnoburbs
Los Angeles and Monterrey Park
Cross-National Enterprises
Comparing Settlement Types
References
8. Immigrants Contributions and Natives’ Perceptions
Misperceptions About Immigrants
Fear of Crime
Crime in Sanctuary Cities
Welfare Benefits
Economic Impact: Low Skill Workers
Economic Impact: High Skill Workers
Community Effects
To Change Misperceptions
Perceptions of Size
Changing Attitudes
References
Biography
Mark Abrahamson is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, USA. His former positions include Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research; Program Director at the National Science Foundation; and Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University, USA. He is the author of more than 20 books and monographs, and numerous research articles in major social science journals. Among his recent books are Globalizing Cities: A Brief Introduction (Routledge, 2019); Studying Cities and City Life: An Introduction to Methods of Research (Routledge, 2016); Urban Sociology: A Global Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and Classical Theory and Modern Studies: Introduction to Sociological Theory (Pearson, 2010).
