The volume and dynamics of international migration and transnational social spaces /
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000
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Table of Contents:
- 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