Intersections of social networks and state policy : Brazilian migration to Japan and the United States

This research provides a portrait of two Brazilian migration flows, comparing the socio-demographic composition of migrants in a legally regulated guest worker program, in migration from Maringá, Brazil to Japan, and a largely unauthorized flow, from Criciúma, Brazil to the United States. Describing selectivity and social dynamics over time in the two migration flows, the study ultimately shows that though social networks operating in each flow, among other factors, allow for the diversification of migrant composition over time, destination country policies, as intervening obstacles, also play a part in influencing migrant composition. State policies influence the shape, intensity, and direction of migratory movements. Thus, the thesis critiques social network theory and the transnational approach to international migration by emphasizing the importance of the state as an actor in organizing and even inducing migration flows.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Latin American Studies

Grantor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Zell, Sarah E., 1980-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Skop, Emily

• Brazilian migration flows
• Guest worker program
• Japan
• United States

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Identifier

doi:10.15781/T2ZP3W09W

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/39134