POLISCI 391AP Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Capital
24 Oct 2016
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Push-pull: the grass is greener (jobs, land, demographics, politics) World systems theory: capitalism disrupts rural economy/society, uproots. Globalization: later stage, post-industrial capitalism; global flows of goods, capital, people. Segmented labor market: demand for both high and low skilled labor, but often with identity-based discrimination. New economy of labor (nelm): family as a unit, not individual; diversify portfolio to protect against risk. Network migration: (cid:374)et(cid:449)ork ties sustai(cid:374) i(cid:374)itial (cid:862)pio(cid:374)eer(cid:863) (cid:373)igratio(cid:374) Transnational/diaspora: ties migrants and nation of origin. Migration systems theory: links to other international exchanges, info and feedback; cumulative causation. Transition theory: part of development (but not inevitable) Capability/aspiration: individual decisions; function of capacity and aspiration (extends to other forms of capital, like social or psychological) Structural forces shape contexts for those choices (world systems, globalization, migration networks, migration systems) Policy interventions can go wrong if they fail to consider economic, social, political structures that generate migration (demand for labor, social/political disruptions) Capabilities/aspirations: freedom of choice, variation in individual motivations.
