Rethinking Migration New Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives [Paperback]

With the increasing worldwide problems of migration, research into its causes and effects become ever more urgent. This volume takes stock of recent advancements that social science research in both Europe and the United States has made to understanding central aspects of international migration. The focus is on conceptual, methodological, and theoretical contributions that have emerged out of empirical research with regard to state policies and interests toward migration, dual citizenship, incorporation, transnational ties, entrepreneurship, illegal migration, intergenerational incorporation, and religion. No other publication brings the scholarship together in a similarly comprehensive manner, showing how the different approaches on each continent complement and speak to one another, thus contributing to the internationalization of migration studies.

PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

Chapter 1.A Cross-Atlantic Dialogue: The Progress of Research and Theory in the Study of International Migration
Alejandro PortesandJosh DeWind

PART II: STATES AND MODES OF POLITICAL INCORPORATION

Chapter 2.The Factors that Make and Unmake Migration Policies
Stephen Castles

Chapter 3.The Emerging Migration State
James Hollifield

Chapter 4.Dual Citizenship as a Path-Dependent Process
Thomas Faist,J?rgen GerdesandBeate Rieple

Chapter 5.Immigrant Incorporation in Western Democracies
Gary Freeman

PART III: TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNITIES AND IMMIGRANT ENTERPRISE

Chapter 6.Migrant Transnationalism and Modes of Transformation
Steven Vertovec

Chapter 7.Conceptualizing Simultaneity: A Transnational Social Field Perspective on Society
Peggy LevittandNina Glick Schiller

Chapter 8.RevislCs