ABSTRACT

The revised fourth edition of Migration Theory continues to offer a one-stop synthesis of contemporary thought on migration.

Editors Caroline B. Brettell and James F. Hollifield remain committed to include coverage that is comparative and global in scope while enhancing similarities and differences between one academic field and the next. All chapters have been revised to highlight cutting-edge issues in the field of migration studies today. The fourth edition welcomes two new authors, Professors Marie Price and François Héran, to offer a fresh approach with their chapters on geography and demography, respectively.

Designed for undergraduate and graduate courses in migration studies, a primary goal of the text is to assist instructors in guiding students who may have little background on migration, to understand important issues and the scientific debates. This ensures Migration Theory is a highly valuable guide not only to the perspectives of one's own discipline but also to those of cognate fields.

chapter |43 pages

Introduction

Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines

chapter 1|34 pages

Historical Migration Studies

Time, Temporality, and Theory 1

chapter 2|52 pages

Demography and Migration

The Wildcard in Population Dynamics 1

chapter 3|30 pages

Economic Aspects of Migration

Philip Martin

chapter 5|38 pages

Theorizing Migration in Anthropology

The Cultural, Social, Phenomenological, and Embodied Dimensions of Human Mobility

chapter 6|37 pages

Geographical Theories of Migration

Exploring Scalar, Spatial, and Placeful Dimensions of Human Mobility

chapter 8|35 pages

Law and Migration

Constants, Challenges, and Changes

chapter 9|18 pages

The State of Migration Theory

Challenges, Interdisciplinarity, and Critique