SOC336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Immigration Policy, Chain Migration, Immigration
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Lecture 2 theories of immigration & history of canadian immigration policy. International migration is a response to the growing economic gap between the global. Greener grass the economist, 17. 12. 09. Who wants to leave and where they (hope to) go. Influence of sending and receiving countries. Informal social networks, cultural capital, social capital. Units of analysis = the who & what of (immigration) research: macro (think: big!, large scale institutional structures. Economic theories of migration: neoclassical theory, dual or segmented labour market theory, new economics of labour migration theory. Overarching problems: focus is limited to individuals as rational economic actors; ignores historical and political contexts. Dependency theories of migration: historical- structural approach, world systems theory. Castles and miller (2009) ch. In many situations one of the family members will migrate first and only later will their family follow. Who studies migration & how: sociology, history, economics, political science, anthropology, demography, law. Migration theory: talking across disciplines.
