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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Circular migration"”.
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Circular migration in Thailand
Circular migration is a temporary form of movement and has emerged as a subset in the field of migration and has gained importance since it is the major factor affecting population movements within the countries. This study documents the role of socio-demographic and other characteristics in …
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The dynamics of circular migration in Southern Europe
… social, technological and economic aspects of circular migration. Our focus is a case study of the European Union-funded circular migration program to support the strawberry harvest in the province of Huelva in Spain. Covering the time period of 2002-2011, this thesis provides a system dynamics …
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Social networks and institutions in transnational labor markets : the circular migration of Chinese and Indian engineers and professionals
This dissertation examines the mechanisms of the circular migration of Chinese and Indian engineers and technology entrepreneurs. The study is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative data - including a survey of alumni from one of the Indian Institutes of Technology, a survey of …
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Urbanisation and the environment in Namibia : policy implications of the rural-urban relationship
… cross cutting spatial and sectoral issues, of circular migration need to be incorporated in an urbanisation policy. Government policies based on the assumptions of linear development theories such as 'urban bias', which isolate rural from urban as two mutually exclusive areas, mask the fact …
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Rural income, welfare and migration : a study of three Ciskeian villages
… and the persistence of 'oscillating' or 'circular' migration. Thus, rural income (its level, sources and distribution) and rural welfare remain important policy considerations. This thesis, based on a microeconomic study of three Ciskeian villages, examines these issues, and attempts to …
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A web of contradiction : an assessment of the migration-development nexus and its relevance to MIDA
… researchers have long pointed to the impact of migration on the development of countries of origin, one can hardly deny the bright spotlight and the rapid resurgence within policy debates, that the migration-development nexus enjoys over recent years. European politicians, inter-governmental …
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From reserves to cities (and back) : the significance of reserves in Registered Indian women's migration
The migration of Registered Indian people to and from their reserves has attracted much scholarly attention over the decades. A significant theme in early literature suggested Indian people migrated back and forth between their rural homes and urban destinations because they could not cope with …
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Ethnicity, Assimilation and Transnationalism: a Comparative Study of Eastern European Migration to the United States (1940-2012)
… COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EASTERN EUROPEAN MIGRATION</p><p>TO THE UNITED STATES (1940-2012)</p><p>Transnationalism is a relatively new pattern of migration; the process by which transnationalism has supplanted assimilation has been the subject of this study, and it has been done by comparing …
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The Geography of Farmworker Health: A Mixed-Method Exploratory Analysis of Chronic Disease
… on average young (33.9), and likely to practice circular-migration in Colorado and Michigan, while their counterparts in California resided in the area year-round. By better understanding, the health of farmworkers from multiple contextual and methodological perspectives, appropriate outreach, …
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Harvesting Consciousness: The Impact of Seasonal Labour on the Transnational Political Identity of Guatemalan Migrants to Canada
… of Guatemalans by examining the impact that circular migration has on the subaltern migrant body. Fieldwork was conducted in two sites, the first St. Rémi in Québec, the second Santiago Sacatepéquez in Guatemala. Research findings underscore the transnational nature of the flow of hegemonic …
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New York talk exchange : transnational telecommunications and migration in a global city
… globalization - both in corporate functions and migration - to date we have little empirical knowledge about how telecoms mediate between the city and the world. Findings reveal that New York's immigrant neighborhoods are as engaged in global processes as the great business centers of the city, …
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Mastering the Margins: A Chinese Mine in Mongolia
… for Chinese capital investment and labour migration, facilitated by China’s ‘going out’ policy. While this cooperation has been founded on the ostensible complementarity between Mongolia’s structural shortage of industrial labour and China’s surplus, the presence of Chinese workers has …
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Population, human capital and development in the Maldives
… population growth, the study shows that internal migration and the resulting spatial imbalances in population distribution have also affected social and economic infrastructures. However, internal migration and urbanisation have also been crucial for the creation of a scale economy in the urban …
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"Building a comprehensive framework of African migration patterns: the case of migration between Senegal and Europe"
Migration theories, which guided prior research, have been predominantly based on static dichotomous categorizations. In particular most research has been guided by assumptions conceiving migration primarily as: 1) a one-off move from a departure country “A” to a destination country “B”; 2) …