Sociological Theories of International Migration: The Case of Refugees

Abstract

Sociological theories of international migration (including refugees) should be capable of explaining the scale, direction and composition of population movements that cross state boundaries, the factors which determine the decision to move and the choice of destination, the characteristic modes of social integration in the receiving country and the eventual out@me, including remigration and return movements. Studies Stouffer (1940, 1960), also considering internal migration, related mobility and distance, while introducing the concept of intervening opportunities'. Lee (1966) Ferris (1985: 17) suggests that it may be applicable also to the movement of refugees.

Electricity Supplier Switching: A Conceptual Model Based on Migration Theory

“…Marketing literature supporting PPM model of switching are shown in tables 2 to 16 when appropriate, having all independent and dependent factors mapped to related studies. It is seen that there are a significant number of studies in addition to the ones that Bansal et al (2005) | Sell and De Jong (1978), Goldstein (1977), Wolpert (1966), Brown and Moore (1970), Speare (1974), Frederickson et al (1980), Moon (1995), Stimson and Minnery (1998); value | N/A; trust | N/A; commitment | N/A; price perceptions | Heberle (1938), Bogue (1969), Sell and De Jong (1978), Greenwood (1985), Richmond (1988), Massey et al(1994), Stimson and Minnery (1998) mooring attitude towards switching | N/A; subjective norms | Massey et al (1994); switching costs | Lee (1966), Brown and Moore (1970), Sizer and Smith (1972), Sell and De Jong (1978), Shields and Shields (1989); prior switching behavior | Lee (1966), Sell and De Jong (1978), Greenwood (1985), Du Toit (1990), Greenwood et al (1991), Massey et al (1994), Fischer and Malmberg (2001), Stimson and Minnery (1998); variety seeking | Sizer and Smith (1972), Greenwood et al (1991) pull alternative attractiveness | Lee (1966), Dorigo and Tobler (1983), Du Toit (1990), Cadwallader (1992, Moon (1995) 2.2.1. Push Factors Service quality.…”

“…Bogue (1969) emphasizes the criticality of economic variables in migration models. Wage difference and unemployment status between locations are widely used in migration studies such as Heberle (1938), Sell and De Jong (1978), Greenwood (1985), Richmond (1988), Massey et al (1994), and Stimson and Minnery (1998).…”

Geographical characteristics of contemporary international migration in and into Europe

“…Richmond states that theories of migration can be classed according to the level of analysis as macro (focusing on migration streams, describing the conditions and the outcome of migration) and micro (socio-psychological and personal adaptation studies) (Richmond, A.H. 1988). According to Massey and her colleagues, the study of international migration has often fallen into two rather separate bodies of social scientific investigation: 1) research on the determinants, processes and patterns of migration, and, 2) research on the ways in which migrants become incorporated into receiving societies (Massey, D. et al 1993).…”

“…Types of migratory movement can be forced and voluntary, long-term and shortterm (Richmond, A.H. 1988). As already mentioned, migration can be planned as only short-term for a certain period, but may also last longer and sometimes there will be no return to the country of origin (Lados, G. and Hegedűs, G. 2016).…”

En suivant les réseaux de Kaboul à New York

“…Les macrothéories adoptent des explications globalisantes et insistent sur les conditions structurelles d'ordre démographique et économique des migrations dans le contexte d'un capitalisme organisé à l'échelle mondiale. Les microthéories s'intéressent aux choix rationnels que les individus effectuent dans un monde où les chances ne sont pas distribuées de façon égale (Massey et al 1993 ;Richmond 1988 ;Zolberg 1981). Ces approches se veulent prédictives et sont marquées par une vision bipolaire : elles opposent les sociétés qui envoient et celles qui reçoivent des migrants, et on distingue les facteurs push, ceux qui motivent le départ du pays d'origine, et pull, ceux qui attirent le migrant dans le pays d'accueil éventuel.…”