The Volume and Dynamics of International Migration and Transnational Migration and Transnational Social Spaces

This Book Provides A Theoretical Account Of The Causes, Nature, And Extent Of The Movement Of International South-north Migrants Between Affluent And Poorer Countries. The Puzzle Is: Why Are There So Few International Migrants Out Of Most Places? And Why Are There So Many Out Of So Few Places? Only Once Migration Out Of A Few Places Has Started, Do We See Relatively More People Moving. Mass Mobility Proceeds Only When Migrant Networks Turn Local Assets Into Transnational Ones.--jacket. Lacunae Of Migration And Post-migration Research -- A Review Of Dominant Theories Of International Migration -- Situating The First Puzzle: Why So Few Migrants And Why So Many? -- The Crucial Meso Link: Social Capital In Social And Symbolic Ties -- The Selective Function Of Social Capital: Why Are There So Few Migrants Out Of Most Places? -- The Selective And Diffusion Functions Of Social Capital: Why So May Migrants Out Of So Few Places? -- The Bridging Functions Of Social Capital: Transnational Social Spaces -- The Adaptive Functions Of Social Capital: Transnationalization And Nation-state Membership -- Elements For Multi-level Research On International Migration And Post-migration Processes. Thomas Faist. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [335]-368) And Index. There is a baffling puzzle in international migration: Why are there so few migrants from so many places and so many from only a few places?