Caribbean Migration

Originally published in 1992, this classic considers out-migration from the Caribbean in a unique and sophisticated analytical manner. Its comparative approach, involving three islands (Jamaica, Barbados, and St. Vincent) and the range of micro-environments within those islands, is based on data from extensive surveys and in-depth interviews. For the first time, analysis of the migration process reflects the perspective of Caribbean potential migrants themselves.

The book contributes to international migration at a theoretical level, destroying the myth of migration being purely the result of poverty and overpopulation and rejecting explanations based on "push-pull" models and the unilateral flow inherent in such models. Instead it presents a conceptualization of Caribbean migration that is fundamentally circular and self-perpetuating, and which has become part of the institutional framework of Caribbean societies.

Migration behavior is a response to Caribbean circumstances and is an intrinsic part of the formation of the image of self and life chances of t

Elizabeth Thomas-Hope is the James Seivright Moss-Solomon (Snr) Professor of Environmental Management and Head of the Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.

Series Preface

iii

Acknowledgements

vi

Introduction

1

(14)

Theoretical perspectives on Caribbean migration: Perception and the image.

15

(22)

Three islands: Jamaica, Barbados and St Vincent

37

(26)

The micro-environments of migration

63

(21)

Migration and the propensity for migration

84

(24)

Evaluations of work, education and modernization in migration behaviour

108

(18)

Accessibility and information in migration behaviour

126

(18)

Integration and mental images

144

(15)

Conclusion

159

(9)

Appendix

168

(1)

References

169

(12)

Index

181

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