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The sociology of migration/ edited by Robin Cohen

Contributor(s): Cohen, Robin, edSeries: (International library of studies on migration)Publication details: Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996Description: xvii, 544 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 1858980003Subject(s): Foreign workers | Aliens--Social conditionsDDC classification: 304.8

Contents:

Feudal relics or capitalist monuments? notes on the sociology of unfree labour / Philip Corrigan -- The functions and reproduction of migrant labor: comparative material from southern Africa and the United States / Michael Burawoy -- The new untouchables: the international migration of labour / Nigel Harris -- Labour migration in the Arab Gulf States: patterns, trends, and prospects / J.S. Birks, I.J. Seccombe and C.A. Sinclair -- The impact of male labour migration on women in Botswana / Barbara B. Brown -- Notes on the incorporation of third world women into wage-labor through immigration and off-shore production / Saskia Sassen-Koob -- Immigrant enclaves: an analysis of the labor market experiences of Cubans in Miami / Kenneth L. Wilson and Alejandro Portes -- Unwelcome immigrants; the labor market experiences of 1980 (Mariel) Cuban and Haitian refugees in south Florida / Alejandro Portes and Alex Stepick -- Remittances from international migration: a review in perspective / Sharon Stanton Russell -- The socio-economic aspects of return migration in Turkey / Nermin Abadan-Unat -- Migration and social structure: analytic issues and comparative perspectives in developing nations / Calvin Goldscheider -- Family and personal networks in international migration: recent developments and new agendas / Monica Boyd -- Sociological theories of international migration: the case of refugees / Anthony H. Richmond -- Palestinians: exiles at home and abroad / Janet L. Abu-Lughod -- India: "brain drain" or the migration of talent? / T.K. Oommen -- Migration of highly educated Asians and global dynamics / Paul M. Ong, Lucie Cheng and Leslie Evans -- International migration within and from the east and southeast Asian region: a review essay / Ronald Skeldon -- Illegal immigration and the international system, lessons from recent legal Mexican immigrants to the United States / Alejandro Portes -- Foreign labor and economic development in Singapore / Pang Eng Fong and Linda Lim -- The role of national boundaries in a cross-national labour market / Elizabeth Petras.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	304.8 COH/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		49718

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Feudal relics or capitalist monuments? notes on the sociology of unfree labour / Philip Corrigan --
The functions and reproduction of migrant labor: comparative material from southern Africa and the United States / Michael Burawoy --
The new untouchables: the international migration of labour / Nigel Harris --
Labour migration in the Arab Gulf States: patterns, trends, and prospects / J.S. Birks, I.J. Seccombe and C.A. Sinclair --
The impact of male labour migration on women in Botswana / Barbara B. Brown --
Notes on the incorporation of third world women into wage-labor through immigration and off-shore production / Saskia Sassen-Koob --
Immigrant enclaves: an analysis of the labor market experiences of Cubans in Miami / Kenneth L. Wilson and Alejandro Portes --
Unwelcome immigrants; the labor market experiences of 1980 (Mariel) Cuban and Haitian refugees in south Florida / Alejandro Portes and Alex Stepick --
Remittances from international migration: a review in perspective / Sharon Stanton Russell --
The socio-economic aspects of return migration in Turkey / Nermin Abadan-Unat --
Migration and social structure: analytic issues and comparative perspectives in developing nations / Calvin Goldscheider --
Family and personal networks in international migration: recent developments and new agendas / Monica Boyd --
Sociological theories of international migration: the case of refugees / Anthony H. Richmond --
Palestinians: exiles at home and abroad / Janet L. Abu-Lughod --
India: "brain drain" or the migration of talent? / T.K. Oommen --
Migration of highly educated Asians and global dynamics / Paul M. Ong, Lucie Cheng and Leslie Evans --
International migration within and from the east and southeast Asian region: a review essay / Ronald Skeldon --
Illegal immigration and the international system, lessons from recent legal Mexican immigrants to the United States / Alejandro Portes --
Foreign labor and economic development in Singapore / Pang Eng Fong and Linda Lim --
The role of national boundaries in a cross-national labour market / Elizabeth Petras.

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