Chapter 24: Migrations
- Leaving to Get Ahead: Assessing the Relationship between Mobility and Inequality in Peruvian Migration - Using Peru as a case study, this article reveals how international migration can result in benefits for migrants whilst exacerbating existing socioeconomic hierarchies within the country of origin, demonstrating how migration has impacts on both a micro and macro level.
1. Why has there been an 'explosion' of emigration from Peru?
2. What is the brain-drain-versus-brain-gain debate?
3. Which groups are most able to emigrate from Peru?
- Trends in African Migration to Europe: Drivers Beyond Economic Motivations - This article outlines the drivers for migration beyond the widely known economic determinants, providing an in-depth examination of a range of push and pull factors which influences the migration decisions of individuals.
1. How may institutions be a push factor for migration?
2. What is the relationship between ethnic polarisation and migration flows?
3. What factors have a negative impact on migration flows?
- Transnationalism and Cosmopolitanism: Towards Global Citizenship? - This article explores the connection between transnationalism and cosmopolitanism, providing an overview of different perspectives on how migration impacts upon global identities.
1. What is the proximity thesis?
2. What are the different conceptions of transnationalism?
3. What are the different conceptions of cosmopolitanism?