Exploring Contemporary Migration

Informationen zum Autor Paul Boyle, Keith Halfacree, Vaughan Robinson Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of population migration in the contemporary world. Theories and patterns of migration are explored with respect to movements linked to employment, stage in the life course, quality of life, societal engineering, violence and persecution and cultural factors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Spatial Impact of Migration 1. Defining and Measuring Migration 2. Constrasting Conceptual Approaches in Migration Research 3. Migration and Employment 4. Migration and the Life-course 5. Migration and the Quality of Life 6. Migration and Social Engineering 7. Forced Migration 8. Migration and Culture: Some Illustrations

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• Authors: Paul Boyle, Paul Halfacree Boyle, Boyle Paul, Keith Halfacree, Keith H. Halfacree, Keith H. (University Of Wales Halfacree, Keith H. (University Of Wales Swansea) Halfacree, Vaughan Robinson, Vaughan (University Of Wales Robinson, Vaughan (University Of Wales Swansea) Robinson, Robinson Vaughan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2017
• EAN: 9781138166400
• ISBN: 978-1-138-16640-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Human Geography