How do social scientists define migration

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Assignment:

Course 215" Global Perspectives on Migration

Reading:

Elizabeth Mavroudi & Caroline Nagel: Global Migration. Pp: 1 - 27

Based on the above reading, please answer the following questions

1. How do social scientists define migration? What distinguishes migration from other types of movement?

2. Contrast the UN Statistics Division's definition of a migrant with that of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

3. Contrast emigration with immigration. What's the center of gravity of these two concepts?

4. Who is an asylum seeker?

5. What are some of the limitations surrounding the concept of illegal immigrant? Does the concept of undocumented immigrant offer a better alternative?

6. Why is the nation-state system so crucial to the study of migration?

7. Identify and discuss four patterns and effects of today's migration on sending and receiving countries.

8. Why should we speak of global migration? What is it about migration that is global?

9. Explain the core tenets of Ernst Ravenstein's theory of migration.

10. Discuss the contribution of Everett Lee's theory of migration (the push-and-pull model).

11. Discuss the role of the household and individuals' preferences within the new economic and behavioral models of migration.

12. What was the main challenge of structuralist theories to neoclassical and new economics as well behavioral approaches to migration?

13. Discuss Michael Piore's structural approach to the understanding of migration, especially the concept of dual labor market.

14. Discuss some key contentions of feminist migration theories.

15. Discuss the role of migrant agency and the importance of transnationalism within the new heuristic framework for analyzing migration.

Note

Please answer all the sections of the questions, in a paragraph format.

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