The Volume and Dynamics of International

The book offers an innovative theoretical account of the causes, nature and extent of the movement of international migrants between affluent and poorer countries. The book also provides a conceptual study of migration decision-making and the dynamics of international movement.

Thomas Faist is Lecturer, Institute for Intercultural and International Studies, University of Bremen.

List of Figures

xiii

List of Tables

xv

Abbreviations

xvi

Lacunae of Migration and Post-Migration Research

1

(29)

The First Puzzle: Relative Immobility and Mass Migration

3

(5)

The Second Puzzle: Transnational Social Spaces and Immigrant Adaptation

8

(3)

Three Generations of Migration Scholarship

11

(2)

The Approach Taken

13

(4)

Towards a Working Definition of Migration

17

(5)

Forced and Voluntary Movements vs. Labour Migrants and Refugees

22

(3)

The Three Longues Durees of International Migration in Modern Times

25

(3)

Outline of the Book

28

(2)

A Review of Dominant Theories of International Migration

30

(30)

Three Stylized Levels of Analysis: Micro, Macro, and Meso

30

(5)

Micro---The Rational Choice Approach: Moving from Preferences to Opportunities

35

(8)

More Micro-Social Psychological Models: Bounded Rationalities in Social Spaces

43

(3)

Macro: The Gravity Model and the General Systems Approach

46

(4)

Multiple Levels--Migration Systems Approaches: Moving from the World System to Migrant Networks

50

(5)

Theory Building and Empirical Evidence

55

(3)

Conclusion: In Search of the Meso Link

58

(2)

Situating the First Puzzle: Why So Few Migrants and Why So Many?

60

(36)

The Production and Selection of Labour Migrants and Refugees

63

(4)

The International Regulation of Labour Migration and Refugee Flows

67

(9)

Domestic Regulation in the Immigration or Accepting States

76

(5)

The Turkish-German Case: Asymmetric Dependence--and Expanding Rights of Resident Immigrants

81

(13)

Conclusion: Effective Immigration Control and Expanding Immigrant Rights

94

(2)

The Crucial Meso Link: Social Capital in Social and Symbolic Ties

96

(28)

A Pioneering Exemplar: The Polish Peasant in Europe and America

99

(1)

The Main Elements of the Meso Link: Ties and Social Capital

100

(4)

Social Capital Investments: Facilitating Cooperation and Integration

104

(7)

Social Capital and the Rate of Return

111

(4)

The Characteristics of Social Capital as a Meso Link

115

(2)

Specificities of Capital: Economic, Human, and Social

117

(4)

The Four Functions of Social Capital in Migration Processes

121

(2)

Conclusion: Social Capital as a Local Asset and as a Transmission Belt

123

(1)

The Selective Functions of Social Capital: Why Are There So Few Migrants Out of Most Places?

124

(19)

Social Capital as a Local Asset

125

(4)

Cumulative Causation and Immobility: Endogenous Dynamics

129

(3)

An Illustration of `Why Are There So Few Migrants Out of Most Places?'--Contract Worker Movement from Turkey to Germany

132

(10)

Conclusion: What Kind of Local Asset?

142

(1)

The Selective and Diffusion Functions of Social Capital: Why So Many Migrants Out of So Few Places?

143

(52)

The Selective and Diffusion Functions of Social Capital in Migrant Networks

145

(2)

Start and Acceleration

147

(5)

Climax

152

(7)

Deceleration

159

(12)

The Turkish-German Example: The Unfinished Yet Terminated Migration Curve

171

(22)

Conclusion: International Migration as Metamorphosis

193

(2)

The Bridging Function of Social Capital: Transnational Social Spaces

195

(47)

The Concept of Transnational Social Spaces

198

(4)

Three Forms of Transnational Social Spaces

202

(8)

Transnationalization and Globalization

210

(1)

Factors Conducive to the Formation of Transnational Social Spaces

211

(3)

Economic Transnationalization: Entrepreneurs Moving from the Ethnic Niche to Transnational Businesses

214

(4)

Political Transnationalization: Kurds between Exile and Adaptation

218

(7)

Cultural Transnationalization: Young Muslims between Disintegration, Syncretism, and Segmentation

225

(12)

Prospects for the Further Development and the Possible Demise of Transnational Social Spaces

237

(2)

Conclusion: From Places and Essences to Spaces and Ties

239

(3)

The Adaptive Functions of Social Capital: Transnationalization and Nation-State Membership

242

(49)

Changing Immigration and Adaptation Patterns in the Contemporary World

244

(8)

The Canonical Concepts of Assimilation and Ethnic Pluralism and an Apocryphal Extension: The Border-Crossing Expansion of Social Space

252

(6)

Three Stages of International Migration and Transnationalization

258

(4)

Economic Participation and Membership: Socio-Economic Parity and Marginalization, Niche Entrepreneurship and Transnationalization

262

(8)

Membership in Polities: Citizenship and Politeuma

270

(12)

Cultural Practices and Recognition: Acculturation, Cultural Retention, and the Strengthening of Transnationally-Induced Syncretism

282

(8)

Conclusion: Capturing the Plural Experiences of Adaptation

290

(1)

Elements for Multi-Level Research on International Migration and Post-Migration Processes

291

(44)

Determinants of Mobility and Immobility: Why Are There So Few International Migrants Out of Most Places?

292

(8)

Migration Dynamics: Why Are There So Many International Migrants Out of So Few Places?

300

(9)

How Do Transnational Social Spaces Evolve?

309

(6)

How to Conceptualize the Concomitant Expansion of Transnational Social Spaces and Immigrant Adaptation?

315

(6)

Outlook: Transnationally Active Associations and Transnationalizing Civil Societies

321

(14)

Bibliography

335

(34)

Index

369

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The Volume and Dynamics of International Migration and Transnational Social Spaces

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