Researching Internal Migration

List of contents

Foreword by K C Zachariah 1. Introduction 2. Basic Concepts and Migration Measures 3. Migration Theories: An Evaluation and Synthesis 4. Census Based Migration Data 5. Survey Data on Internal Migration 6. Indirect Measurement of Internal Migration 7. Consequences of Internal Migration 8. Return Migration 9. Migrants and Public Policies 10. Conclusion

About the author

S. Irudaya Rajan is Chairman of the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD), India, and chair of the KNOMAD (the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development) thematic working group on internal migration and urbanization, the World Bank, Washington. Dr Rajan is Founding Editor in Chief of Migration and Development (Taylor & Francis) and the editor of two Routledge series – the India Migration Report and the South Asia Migration Report.
R. B. Bhagat is Professor and Head of the Department of Migration and Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India. He is also the convenor of the South Asia Centre for Labour Mobility and Migrants (SALAM) – a knowledge hub established with the support from ILO, IOM and UN-Women. He also served as Chief Editor of Demography India – an official journal of the Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP).

Summary

Researching Internal Migration is a comprehensive guide for researchers and professionals to study internal migration in developing and underdeveloped economies.

Product details

• Authors: R. B. Bhagat, S. Irudaya Rajan, S. Irudaya (Professor Rajan, Rajan S. Irudaya
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781032161334
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216133-4
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Developing Countries, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Human Geography, Development Studies, Population and migration geography, Global South / Developing countries