TY - BOOK AU - Faist,Thomas TI - The volume and dynamics of international migration and transnational social spaces SN - 0198297262 AV - JV6035. F35 2000 U1 - 304.8201 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Oxford, Oxford, New York PB - Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press KW - Emigration and immigration N1 - 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 ER -