Continental divides : international migration in the Americas / special editors, Katharine M. Donato ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donato, Katharine M.

Series:

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 630.

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 0002-7162 ; v. 630

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Study and teaching--Research.

Emigration and immigration.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Transnationalism.

Emigration and immigration--Study and teaching.

Research.

Physical Description:

321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, 2010.

Summary:

Since Mexico-U. S. migration represents the largest sustained migratory flow between two nations worldwide, much of the theoretical and empirical work on migration has focused on this single case. In the last few decades, however, migration has emerged as a critical issue across all nations in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the region seeing its position changed from a net migrant-receiving region to one that now stands as one of the foremost sending areas of the world. In this latest volume of the ANNALS, leading migration scholars seek to redress the imbalance offered when only studying a single case with the first systematic assessment of Latin American migration patterns using ongoing research on the Mexican case as a basis for comparison. Each chapter examines specific propositions or findings derived from the Mexican case that have not yet been tested for other Latin American or Caribbean nations. Using a common framework of data, methods, and theories, they offer a new perspective on the causes and consequences of migration in the Western Hemisphere.

Contents:

Migration in the Americas: Mexico and Latin America in comparative context / Katharine M. Donato, Jonathan Hiskey, Jorge Durand, and Douglas S. Massey

New world orders: Continuities and changes in Latin American migration / Jorge Durand and Douglas S. Massey

Pioneers and followers: Migrant selectivity and the development of U.S. migration streams in Latin America / David P. Lindstrom and Adriana López Ramírez

U. S. migration from Latin America: Gendered patterns and shifts / Katharine M. Donato

Gender differences between Mexican migration to the United States and Paraguayan migration to Argentina / Marcela Cerrutti and Magalí Gaudio

Transition shocks and emigration profiles in Latin America / Jonathan Hiskey and Diana Orces

In search of peace: Structural adjustment, violence, and international migration / Steven Elías Alvarado and Douglas S. Massey

The cumulative causation of international migration in Latin America / Elizabeth Fussell

Determinants of emigration: Comparing migrants' selectivity from Peru and Mexico / Ayumi Takenaka and Karen A. Pren

Assessing human capital transferability into the U.S. labor market among Latino immigrants to the United States / Nadia Y. Flores

To send or not to send: Migrant remittances in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico / Jorge Duany

Migration, remittances, and children's schooling in Haiti / Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Annie Georges, and Susan Pozo

Occupational mobility among returned migrants in Latin America: A comparative analysis / Salvador D. Cobo, Silvia E. Giorguli, and Francisco Alba

Policy shocks: On the legal auspices of Latin American migration to the United States / Fernando Riosmena

Undocumented migration from Latin America in an era of rising U.S. enforcement / Douglas S. Massey and Fernando Riosmena.

Notes:

"July 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781412991872

1412991870

9781412991865

1412991862

OCLC:

644297592