1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006490240403321

Autore

Nolitshungu, Sam C.

Titolo

South Africa in Africa : a Study in ideology and Foreign Policy / Sam C. Nolitshungu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : University Press, 1975

Descrizione fisica

X, 329 p. ; 22 cm

Disciplina

320.968

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

XIV E 485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462543103321

Autore

Kaufmann Florian K (Florian Kristof), <1979->

Titolo

Mexican labor migrants and U.S. immigration policies [[electronic resource] ] : from sojourner to emigrant? / / Florian K. Kaufmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso [Tex.], : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-59332-687-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

331.5/440973

Soggetti

Foreign workers - United States

Mexicans - United States

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration Economic aspects

Mexico Emigration and immigration Economic aspects

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: U.S. Immigration Policy: Attracting Permanent, Undocumented Mass Migration?; Chapter 2: Social Network Assistance in Mexico - U.S. Migration; Chapter 3: Emigrant or Sojourner? Migration Intensity and Its Determinants; Chapter 4: A Comprehensive Model of International Migration Behavior; Chapter 5: The Impact of U.S. Border Enforcement; Chapter 6: Mutually Beneficial Immigration Policies: A Utopia?; Appendix A: Data Appendix; Appendix B: Mathematical Appendix; Appendix C: Additional Tables and Figures

Appendix D: Additional Specifications and Robustness TestsReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Kaufmann studies the migration behavior of Mexican labor migrants to the U.S. He develops the concept of migration intensity, defined as the degree to which a migrant shifts his attachment, association and engagement from the place of origin to the migration destination. Migration intensity is as important as the original decision to migrate. For example, stricter border enforcement deters immigration but also has an unintended intensification effect whereby stricter border controls lead migrants to make fewer return trips, prolong total U.S. time, reduce remittances and move dependents to the