The Migration-Development Nexus A Transnational Perspective

by Faist, Thomas; Kivisto, Peter; Fauser, Margit

• ISBN13: 9780230228573
• ISBN10: 0230228577
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective.

Author Biography

Thomas Faist is Professor of Transnational and Development Studies in the Department of Sociology, and directs the Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD) at Bielefeld University, Germany. Among his recent publications are Diaspora and Transnationalism: Concepts, Theories and Methods (with Rainer Baubck) and Beyond a Border: The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration (with Peter Kivisto). Margit Fauser is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany. Her research fields are international migration, transnationalization, urban studies, and development. Her publications include the forthcoming book Migrants and Cities: The Accommodation of Migrant Organizations in Europe. Peter Kivisto is the Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought at Augustana College, USA and Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Turku, Finland. His recent publications include Key Ideas in Sociology, 3rd edition and Beyond a Border: The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration (with Thomas Faist). He was previously editor of The Sociological Quarterly and is currently serving as President of the Midwest Sociological Society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
Notes on Contributors 
The Migration-Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective;  T.Faist & M.Fauser
PART I: Paradigms – Methodological and Conceptual
A Global Perspective on Migration and Development;  N.Glick Schiller
The Dialectic between Uneven Development and Forced Migration: Toward a Political Economy Analytical Framework;  R.Delgado Wise & H.Márquez Covarrubias
PART II: Organizations, Networks and States
Diasporas, Recovery, and Development in Conflict-Ridden Societies;  N.van Hear
Business as Usual? Urban Actors and Transnational Investments in Accra, Ghana;  L.Smith
How Receiving Cities Contribute to Simultaneous Engagements for Incorporation and Development;  M.Fauser
A Sociology of Diaspora Knowledge Networks;  J.B Meyer
PART III: Outlook
Academic Knowledge, Public Policy, and the Role of Social Scientists;  T.Faist
Modernization, Development, and Migration in a Skeptical Age;  P.Kivisto