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Migration Studies: The Fundamentals book cover

1st Edition

Migration Studies The Fundamentals

Edited By Avijit Mistri, MD SELIM REJA, Bhaswati Das Copyright 2025
264 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book is an essential toolkit for students and early researchers of population studies and demography, geography, economics, development studies political science, sociology, anthropology, and gender studies. The volume: - Presents in-depth coverage of basic concepts; - Includes empirical data, case studies, and references for further reading; - Covers critical aspects of migration... Read more

1. Introduction: Fundamentals of Migration                                                           

Bhaswati Das

Part I: Theories, Data Sources and Measures

2. Migration Theories, Models and Frameworks

Bhaswati Das

3. Data Sources

Avijit Mistri

4. Measures of Migration

Avijit Mistri

Part II: Processes and Forms of Migration

5. Trends, Patterns, and Streams

Md. Selim Reja

6. Reasons for Migration

Sarda Prasad

7. Xenophobia

Md. Anisujjaman and Sk Mustafa Md N Ehsanul Hoque

8. Pathways

A K M Anwaruzzaman

9. Temporal and Seasonal Migration

Devarupa Gupta and R. B. Bhagat

10. Circular Migration

Rabiul Ansary

11. Environmental Migration

Avijit Mistri and Manotosh Gayen

12. Displacement

Marie McAuliffe

13. Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Diotima Chattoraj

14. Return Migration and Re-integration

Pranamita Banerjee

Part III: Socio-economic Dimensions of Migration

15. Labour Migration

Deepak K. Mishra

16. Migration and Urbanisation

Shamindra Nath Roy

17. Remittances

S Irudaya Rajan and Vishwesh Sundar

18. Diaspora

Binod Khadria

19. Gender Migration

Sunetra Ghatak

20. Socio-cultural Remittances

Pranamita Banerjee and Bhaswati Das

21. Social Security for Internal Migrants

Ruma Ghosh

22. Immigration Law

Prakash Shah

Biography

Avijit Mistri is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, School of Human and Environmental Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal, India. His research interests are environmental migration, labour migration, tribal migration, and ethnopolitical issues.

Bhaswati Das is an Associate Professor of Population Studies at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Her area of interest includes the study of population in the context of development, family demography, migration, gender and maternal and child health.

Md. Selim Reja is an Assistant Professor at the Dept of Geography, the University B. T. and Evening College, West Bengal. India. His areas of interest are national and international labour migration, livelihood issues of labour migrants and rural development issues, especially linked to remittances.

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