Caribbean Migration - Couverture souple

Thomas-Hope, Elizabeth M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9766401268 ISBN 13 : 9789766401269

Editeur : University of the West Indies Press, 2002

Synopsis

The book contributes to international migration at a theoretical level, destroying the myth of migration being purely the result of poverty and over-population and rejecting explanations based on "push-pull" models and the unilateral flow inherent in such models. Instead it presents a conceptualization of Caribbean migration that is fundamentally circular and self-perpetuating, and which has become part of the institutional framework of Caribbean societies.

Migration behavior is a response to Caribbean circumstances and is an intrinsic part of the formation of the image of self and life chances of the individual. This image, conditioned by the particular location of the individual in relation to the national and international system, is the key element in explaining the complex interplay of global, societal and personal factors resulting in the propensity to move and in the actual move itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elizabeth M. Thomas-Hope is the James Seivright Moss-Solomon (Snr.) Professor of Environmental Management and Head of the Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Her other published works include Perspectives on Caribbean Regional Identity; Solid Waste Management (ed.); A Geography for the Third World; and Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean, edited with Ivan Goodbody.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of the West Indies Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9766401268
• ISBN 13: 9789766401269
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196
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• Personne responsable: non disponible