b. The Theories

  Main Debates What are the Causes of Migration?Is the Model of Push-Pull Factors Adequate?Can Migratory Processes be Managed?Does Migration Management Simply Redirect or Reclassify Migrants?     Main Points Absence of a Single Theory Explaining MigrationThe Start and the Continuation of a Migratory Process May Have Different CausesMigration Management:• Varied Tools• Short v. Long Term Perspectives• Often Unexpected Results   Readings Core D. Massey, J. Arango, G. Hugo, A. Kouaci, A. Pellegrino, and E. Taylor,‘Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal’ Population and Development Review, vol. 19, no. 3 (September 1993), pp. 431–466.A. Pécoud, P. de Guchteneire, ‘Migration without Borders: An Investigation into the Free Movement of People’, Global Migration Perspectives, No. 27, (Geneva: Global Commission on International Migration, 2005).A. Zolberg, ‘Matters of State: Theorizing Immigration Policy’, in C. Hirchman, P. Kasinitz, and J. DeWind (eds), The Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999), pp.71–93.   Readings Extended D. Fisher, S. Martin and A. Schoenhotz, ‘Migration and Security in International Law’, in T. Aleinikoff and V. Chetail (eds), Migration and International Legal Norms (The Hague: Asser Press, 2003), pp. 87–122.  

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b. The Theories

 

Main Debates

What are the Causes of Migration?
Is the Model of Push-Pull Factors Adequate?
Can Migratory Processes be Managed?
Does Migration Management Simply Redirect or Reclassify Migrants?

 

 

Main Points

Absence of a Single Theory Explaining Migration
The Start and the Continuation of a Migratory Process May Have Different Causes
Migration Management:
• Varied Tools
• Short v. Long Term Perspectives
• Often Unexpected Results

 

Readings

Core

D. Massey, J. Arango, G. Hugo, A. Kouaci, A. Pellegrino, and E. Taylor,‘Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal’ Population and Development Review, vol. 19, no. 3 (September 1993), pp. 431–466.

A. Pécoud, P. de Guchteneire, ‘Migration without Borders: An Investigation into the Free Movement of People’, Global Migration Perspectives, No. 27, (Geneva: Global Commission on International Migration, 2005).

A. Zolberg, ‘Matters of State: Theorizing Immigration Policy’, in C. Hirchman, P. Kasinitz, and J. DeWind (eds), The Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999), pp.71–93.

 

Readings

Extended

D. Fisher, S. Martin and A. Schoenhotz, ‘Migration and Security in International Law’, in T. Aleinikoff and V. Chetail (eds), Migration and International Legal Norms (The Hague: Asser Press, 2003), pp. 87–122.

 



Readings

Core

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Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal

D. Massey, J. Arango, G. Hugo, A. Kouaci, A. Pellegrino, and E. Taylor,‘Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal’ Population and Development Review, vol. 19, no. 3 (September 1993), pp. 431–466.

Reprinted with the permission of the Population Council.

Migration without Borders: An Investigation into the Free Movement of People

A. Pécoud, P. de Guchteneire, ‘Migration without Borders: An Investigation into the Free Movement of People’, Global Migration Perspectives, No. 27, (Geneva: Global Commission on International Migration, 2005).
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Matters of State: Theorizing Immigration Policy

Zolberg, Aristide. “Matters of State: Theorizing Immigration Policy.” In The Handbook of International Migration edited by Charles Hirschman, Philip Kasinitz, and Josh DeWind. © 1999 Russell Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021. Reprinted with Permission.

Extended

Migration and Security in International Law

D. Fisher, S. Martin and A. Schoenhotz, ‘Migration and Security in International Law’, in T. Aleinikoff and V. Chetail (eds), Migration and International Legal Norms (The Hague: Asser Press, 2003), pp. 87–122.