Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in US Immigration Zhou Min
Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in US Immigration Zhou Min Offers a critique of the economic model of immigrationMost understandings of migration to the US focus…
Specifikacia Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in US Immigration Zhou Min
Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in US Immigration Zhou Min
Offers a critique of the economic model of immigrationMost understandings of migration to the US focus on two primary factors. The contributors to Beyond Economic Migration offer a nuanced look at a range of issues affecting motives to migrate and outcomes of integration, including US immigration policy and the visa system, labor market incorporation, employment precarity, identity and Either there was trouble in the home country, such as political unrest or famine, that pushed people out, or there was a general yearning for "a better life" or "more opportunity," often conceptualized as the American Dream.Although many contemporary migrants in the United States have been driven by economic interests, the processes of immigration and integration are shaped also by the intersection of a range of noneconomic factors in both sending and receiving countries.