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Migration
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Question | Answer |
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Different Migration theories | Functionalist, Historical-structural, other |
Functionalist migration theories | push-pull, neoclassical, human capital |
historical structural migration theories | dependancy, world system, globalization |
other | dual labour market, new economics of labour migration, aspirations-capabilities, migration transition, -networks, -industry, -systems |
push-pull theory | pos/neg economic, demographic and environmental factors |
neoclassical theory | part of economic development, rational individuals aiming to maximise their income |
human capital theory | migration is an investment, higher expected return (knowledge, skills) |
dependency theory | capitalism deprives poor countries of human resources, poor countries can never catch up |
world system theory | unequal relationship between core and periphery reinforces divergence, produces labour exploitation of the third world |
Globalization theory | Neoliberal, states side with cooperations to maximize profit |
Dual labour market theory | Low skilled migrants needed to do manual jobs that natives don't want to do |
New economics of labour migration theory | Relative deprivation, strategy to improve livelihoods, shows agency |
Aspirations-capabilities model | Higher development means more capabilities of migrating but less aspirations, explains middle income emigration |
Migration transition | Higher mobility, with development countries go from net emigration to net immigration |
Migration networks | ties that connect migrants decrease risks and costs of migration |
Migration industry | Interest in migrations: employers, travel agents, housing agents. Provide information and services |
Migration systems theory | Set of places linked by goods, services, money, ideas and people. Migration corridors through trade, colonization or cultural ties. |
Migration control: Non-arrival policies | Visa required to initiate asylum procedures. Carrier sanctions. |
Migration control: Diversion policies | Return of asylum seekers to "safe third countries" (Morocco, Libya, Turkey) |
Illegal migration | Problematic term describing corssing a border without necessary permission. |
Irregular migration | Not following the norms of regulation. Hard to call irregular if it is common. |
Downside to term "unauthorized" | Gives too much power to the state, not every migration needs to be authorized. |
Undocumented | Absence of specific documents that regulate travel or residence. |
Smuggling | Using intermediaries to cross the border without permission, often a consequence of strict border controls. |
Human trafficking | Involves exploitation and some force of threat or force. Smuggling can lead to trafficking. |