Jackson

J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986)

"The assumption...that the natural condition of man is sedentary has been responsible for a number of misconceptions regarding the nature of migration." ¹(2)

migration-- significant movement; sustained; distinct social transition ²(4)

difficulty in assessing data on migration, limitation of census³ (9-11)

classical theory of migration: "Benthamite principle" seen in terms of push and pull factors

Ravenstein model makes this more sophisticated by introducing "intervening variables" ⁴(13-15)

"This push-pull model...assumes a process of rational decision-making and perfect knowledge of the system."⁵

Lind claims that labour market models need to become more sophisticated and move beyond simply the level of wages and take into account other economic variables such as infrastructure and social and cultural factors ⁶(17-18)

"As capitalism has expanded throughout the world it has consistently brought new groups into the labour market."⁷ (20)

Petras..."labour migration is explained by the economic and political influence of the core economies over the peripheral" ⁸(21-22)

o importance of a tradition within the family of moving or staying ⁹(39)

o migration linked to an increase in population¹⁰ (41)

o "the absorption of migrants is very dependent on the policies adopted by the host society in receiving immigrants and the attitudes of the people most immediately affected."¹¹ (51)

"Simmel...showed how solidarity was achieved by reference to the other, the outsider, the alien."¹² (74)

o "the act of migration represents a challenge to the known grounds of conformity in both societies that the migrant inhabits."¹³ (74)

" a very general tendency for migrant women who became employed after a move to the city to gain a freedom from many features of traditional dependency defined by their cultural background." ¹⁴(75)

immigrant caught in the contradiction between policies promoting the free flow of labour and capital and those adopting protectionist strategies.¹⁵ (76)

Migration (1) Reserve army; (2) Selectivity; (3) Brain-drain; (4) fragmentation of the working class¹⁶ (79)

1J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 2.

2J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 4.

3J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 9–11.

4J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 13–15.

5J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 15.

6J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 17–18.

7J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 20.

8J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 21–22.

9J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 39.

10J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 41.

11J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 51.

12J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 74.

13J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 74.

14J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 75.

15J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 76.

16J.A. Jackson, Migration, (London: Longman, 1986) 79.