Work and Migration

Life and Livelihoods in a Globalizing World

Karen Fog Olwig, Ninna Nyberg Sorensen

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Routledge
06 December 2001

Migration, immigration & emigration; Sociology: work & labour

Series: Routledge Research in Transnationalism

One of the most common reasons for the migration of people is the search for a better livelihood. However, this remains one of the most under-researched and theorized area of migration studies. This book aims to redress the balance, and shift focus away from the economic factors usually examined by scholars of migration. Mobile populations do not necessarily migrate to start a new life elsewhere, but rather to search out new opportunities that may allow them to enhance and diversify livelihoods practiced back home. Using case studies of local people from across the world who have moved either transnationally or internally within their own country, international contributors offer various definitions of what it means to make a living on the move. Mobile livelihoods which have emanated from the Caribbean, Latin America and East Africa and expanded to North America, Europe and Asia are analyzed to present a picture of a two-way flow of skills through migrating to work. This book will appeal to researchers in migration studies, anthropology and development studies

By: Karen Fog Olwig, Ninna Nyberg Sorensen
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9780415263726
ISBN 10: 0415263727
Series: Routledge Research in Transnationalism
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 06 December 2001
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Mobile Livelihoods: Making a Living in the World Part 1: Mobile Livelihoods - Regional and Historical Perspectives Part 2: Livelihoods Extended Part 3: Livelihoods and the Transnational Return

Karen Fog Olwig, Ninna Nyberg Sorensen