Six theses to demystify the nexus between migration and development
The reigning assumption in migration and development studies is that international migration promotes development in places and countries of origin. But this idea lacks a theoretical and empirical basis: it ignores the root causes underlying the exodus of millions of poor workers forced to struggle...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional Caxcán |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:http://ricaxcan.uaz.edu.mx:20.500.11845/52 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11845/52 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | CIENCIAS SOCIALES [5] info:eu-repo/classification/Desarrollo desigual info:eu-repo/classification/Migración forzada info:eu-repo/classification/Reestructuración capitalista info:eu-repo/classification/Transferencia de excedentes info:eu-repo/classification/Remesas info:eu-repo/classification/Unequal development info:eu-repo/classification/Forced migration info:eu-repo/classification/Capitalist restructuring info:eu-repo/classification/Surplus transference info:eu-repo/classification/Remittances |
| Sumario: | The reigning assumption in migration and development studies is that international migration promotes development in places and countries of origin. But this idea lacks a theoretical and empirical basis: it ignores the root causes underlying the exodus of millions of poor workers forced to struggle for their survival in the developed nations; it discards the contributions made by migrants to the economy of the receiving countries, and obfuscates the many transferences and costs migration represents for sending countries–loses that are not compensated by remittance flow. This article proposes the construction of a comprehensive approach to the phenomenon through six theses that analyze key aspects of the global capitalist restructuring process in practice during the past three decades. The Mexico-United States case is used as a paradigmatic example of the socioeconomic losses incurred by workforce-exporting nations and the enormous benefits reaped by labor-importing countries. |
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