The Migration-Development Nexus: A Transnational Perspective

Acknowledgements Preface Notes on Contributors The Migration-Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective; T.Faist & M.Fauser PART I: Paradigms - Methodological and Conceptual A Global Perspective on Migration and Development; N.Glick Schiller The Dialectic between Uneven Development and Forced Migration: Toward a Political Economy Analytical Framework; R.Delgado Wise & H.Márquez Covarrubias PART II: Organizations, Networks and States Diasporas, Recovery, and Development in Conflict-Ridden Societies; N.van Hear Business as Usual? Urban Actors and Transnational Investments in Accra, Ghana; L.Smith How Receiving Cities Contribute to Simultaneous Engagements for Incorporation and Development; M.Fauser A Sociology of Diaspora Knowledge Networks; J.B Meyer PART III: Outlook Academic Knowledge, Public Policy, and the Role of Social Scientists; T.Faist Modernization, Development, and Migration in a Skeptical Age; P.Kivisto