The volume and dynamics of international migration and transnational social spaces /
Faist, Thomas, 1959-
The volume and dynamics of international migration and transnational social spaces / Thomas Faist. - xiv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-368) and index.
Lacunae of migration and post-migration research -- A review of dominant theories of international migration -- Situating the first puzzle: why so few migrants and why so many? -- The crucial meso link: social capital in social and symbolic ties -- The selective function of social capital: why are there so few migrants out of most places? -- The selective and diffusion functions of social capital: why so may migrants out of so few places? -- The bridging functions of social capital: transnational social spaces -- The adaptive functions of social capital: transnationalization and nation-state membership -- Elements for multi-level research on international migration and post-migration processes.
0198297262 9780198297260 0198293917 9780198293910
99048709
Emigration and immigration.
JV6035. / F35 2000
304.8201
The volume and dynamics of international migration and transnational social spaces / Thomas Faist. - xiv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-368) and index.
Lacunae of migration and post-migration research -- A review of dominant theories of international migration -- Situating the first puzzle: why so few migrants and why so many? -- The crucial meso link: social capital in social and symbolic ties -- The selective function of social capital: why are there so few migrants out of most places? -- The selective and diffusion functions of social capital: why so may migrants out of so few places? -- The bridging functions of social capital: transnational social spaces -- The adaptive functions of social capital: transnationalization and nation-state membership -- Elements for multi-level research on international migration and post-migration processes.
0198297262 9780198297260 0198293917 9780198293910
99048709
Emigration and immigration.
JV6035. / F35 2000
304.8201