This volume theorises the contradiction between the need of many societies in the Global North for large scale migration and the rejection of this change through racism and xenophobia

Alejandro I. Canales, Ph.D. (1995), El Colegio de México, is Professor of Demography at University of Guadalajara. He has published articles and books about International Migration. His most recent book is Debates contemporáneos sobre migración internacional (México, M.A. Porrúa, 2016).

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Introduction

1 Migration and Reproduction: Basic Premises

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Three Glances at the Reproduction Approach

1.1
Demography and Population Reproduction

1.2
Reproduction in the Thought of Pierre Bourdieu

1.3
Gunnar Myrdal and the Principle of Circular and Cumulative Causation

1.4
Migration and Reproduction: A Preliminary Synthesis

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From the Social Reproduction of Migration to Migration as Reproduction of Society

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Conclusion: Migration and Reproduction

2 International Migration in Neoclassical Economics: A Critical Perspective

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Approaches of Neoclassical Economic Theory and of the New Home Economics

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Limitations of Neo-classical Theory: Imperfections of the Market

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Rational Choice: Theoretical or Axiomatic Principle?

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Neoclassical Economics: An Ahistorical Theory

3 Migration and Development: Three Theses and a Corollary

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Migration and Development: The Pitfalls of a Misleading Discourse

1.1
The Immigration Issue in Host Countries

1.2
Is Migration a New Development Paradigm for Origin Countries?

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Migration and Development: a Critical Perspective

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Conclusion: Three Theses and a Corollary on International Migration

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Corollary: Towards a Global Model of Understanding Migration

4 Migration and Reproduction: Beyond the Critique of Methodological Nationalism

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Globalization as a Critique of Methodological Nationalism

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Transnational Communities and Transnationalism

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Migration, Social Networks and Transnationalism

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Migration and Reproduction

5 The Role of Migration in the Global System of Demographic Reproduction

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Thesis

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From Demographic Transition to a Global System of Reproduction

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International Migration and Demographic Change in Sending and Receiving Societies

3.1
Aging Population and the End of Demographic Transition

3.2
The Second Demographic Transition

3.3
The Demographic Dividend: Dynamics of Population in Origin Countries

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Demographic Change and Migration: Towards a Global Model of Population Reproduction

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Migration and Demographic Change: The Contradictions of the Model

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Conclusion: Dilemmas and Contradictions of a Model

6 Migration and the Reproduction of Capital

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Thesis

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From the Circular Flow of Income to the Reproduction of Capital

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Labor Migration and the Reproduction of Capital

3.1
Deindustrialization and Tertiarization in the New Labor Matrix

3.2
Immigration and Labor Deficit

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Transnationalism, Social Networks and Remittances: The Reproduction of the Labor Force

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Conclusion

7 Migration and Social Reproduction

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Thesis

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Social Networks and Social Reproduction

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Migration and Social Reproduction in Host Societies

3.1
Globalization and Employment Polarization

3.2
Racializing Social Inequality and Class Structure in the United States

3.3
Migration, Work and Social Reproduction in Advanced Societies

4Migration and Social Reproduction: Towards a Global and Comprehensive Vision

8 The Central Place of Migration in the Reproduction of Advanced Societies

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Thesis

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International Migrations: The Theoretical-methodological Debate Revisited

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Migration and the Reproduction Approach

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The Central Place of Migrations in Advanced Societies

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The Contradictions of the Model: Demographic Replacement

9 Latinos in the USA: The New American Dilemma

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Thesis

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Demographic Change and Ethnic Replacement

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The Racialization of Inequality and the New American Dilemma

3.1
Occupational Segregation and the Racializing of Social Inequality

3.2
Productivity, Wages and Economic Discrimination

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Final Reflections: Latinos and the New American Dilemma

References

Index