The Next Waves: Migration Theory for a Changing World

Zolberg, Aristide R.

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“…The integration hypothesis argues that forced migrants are less likely to return home after the passage of time and after successfully settling in a new environment (see Zolberg, :406; Zetter, ; ICG ; Ibánez and Moya, ). Several related factors could influence decisions to relocate or return, including permanent jobs, property, and language proficiency (Wahlbeck, ; Annan et al., ; Toal and Grono, ).…”

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Peaceful Returns: Reversing Ethnic Cleansing after the Bosnian War

Stefanović¹,

Loizides

2017

International Migration

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This article focuses on post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina to investigate decisions of forced migrants to return home to their pre-conflict residences. We formulate a set of novel hypotheses on the demographic determinants of return as well as on the role of social capital, national ideology, integration, and war victimization. We use a 2013 Bosnian representative sample with 1,007 respondents to test our hypotheses. The findings support the expectation that gender and age have a major impact on return. Net of other factors, women and those experiencing wartime victimization are less likely to return. Older Bosnians with positive memories of pre-conflict interethnic relations are more likely to return than younger persons or those with negative memories. The probability of return for example for a 30-year-old woman with a permanent job is 11.54%, while for a 63-year-old man without a permanent job is 93.92%. Moreover, ethnic Bosniacs are more likely to return than ethnic Croats or ethnic Serbs while less nationalistic IDPs are more likely to return. We discuss the implications of our findings for post-war returns in Bosnia and for the comparative study of durable solutions to displacement particularly effort to support return in postconflict societies.

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Peaceful Returns: Reversing Ethnic Cleansing after the Bosnian War

Stefanović¹,

Loizides

2017

International Migration

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“…Less well‐known is the wide variety of collective organizations among immigrants pursuing a number of diverse projects in their respective countries and communities of origin, as well as the initiatives undertaken by these communities and even nation states to motivate and channel the material contributions of their expatriates. Rising migration from the global South to the global North has become acknowledged as one of the trademarks of the contemporary capitalist world economy and of its relentless process of integration (Zolberg, 1989; Castles, 2004; Portes and DeWind, 2004). Less well‐recognized, until recently, is that this massive displacement is not one‐way, but that it plays back, with rising force, becoming an important factor in the development of sending nations and regions.…”

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Immigrant Transnational Organizations and Development: A Comparative Study

Portes

Escobar

Radford

2007

International Migration Review

260

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This article explores how ninety Colombian, Dominican, and Mexican transnational immigrant organizations pursue philanthropic projects that aid in the development of their country or community of origin. We find that each nationality's context of exit and reception affects the origin, strength, and character of their organizations. We produce "maps" of the interaction of transnational organizations with each country of origin and conduct multivariate regressions to establish determinants of key organizational characteristics, including their degree of formalization and form of creation. Generally, Colombian organizations assume more middleclass forms, Dominican organizations stem largely from politics in the country of origin, and Mexican organizations are primarily hometown associations with greater involvement of the national state. We observe that regardless of nationality, transnational immigrant organizations' members are older, better-established, and possess above-average levels of education, suggesting that participation in transnational activities and assimilation are not incompatible. The character of proactive activities by each national state are examined. Theoretical implications for immigrant adaptation and community/national development are discussed. is the Web site for a public/private partnership in the Republic of Colombia which aims at diffusing information about the country among its immigrants all over the world and at channeling their contributions to established charities and philanthropic initiatives throughout the nation. "With a simple click," says Conexion Colombia's attractive brochure, "any person in the world can donate and contribute to the country's development. Connect yourself now!" According to the young, dynamic

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“…We should not assume, however, that climate change impacts will simply act as 'push' factors of migration. Migration theories have widely rebutted the 'push and pull' model as unfit to account for contemporary migration, and have shown the complex and nonlinear processes governing migration dynamics [43][44][45]. Climate change will most probably be an increasingly important element of these migration dynamics, but should not be considered independently of other changes and variables, as is too often the case in deterministic arguments linking climate change and migration in a direct, causal relationship.…”

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Climate-induced population displacements in a 4 ^° C+ world

Gemenne

2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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Massive population displacements are now regularly presented as one of the most dramatic possible consequences of climate change. Current forecasts and projections show that regions that would be affected by such population movements are low-lying islands, coastal and deltaic regions, as well as sub-Saharan Africa. Such estimates, however, are usually based on a 2 • C temperature rise. In the event of a 4 • C+ warming, not only is it likely that climate-induced population movements will be more considerable, but also their patterns could be significantly different, as people might react differently to temperature changes that would represent a threat to their very survival. This paper puts forward the hypothesis that a greater temperature change would affect not only the magnitude of the associated population movements, but also-and above all-the characteristics of these movements, and therefore the policy responses that can address them. The paper outlines the policy evolutions that climate-induced displacements in a 4 • C+ world would require.

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The Next Waves: Migration Theory for a Changing World

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Peaceful Returns: Reversing Ethnic Cleansing after the Bosnian War

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Immigrant Transnational Organizations and Development: A Comparative Study

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Immigrant Transnational Organizations and Development: A Comparative Study

Climate-induced population displacements in a 4 ° C+ world

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