
Birds of Passage
Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies
Michael J. Piore(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 1. June 1979
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-521-22452-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Birds of Passage presents an unorthodox analysis of migration ion to urban industrial societies from underdeveloped rual areas. It argues that such migrations are a continuing feature of industrial societies and that they are generated by forces inherent in the nature of industrial economies. It explains why conventional economic theory finds such migrations so difficult to comprehend, and challenges a set of older assumptions that supported the view that these migrations were beneficial to both sending and receiving societies. Professor Piore seriously questions whether migration actually relieves population pressure and rural unemployment, and whether it develops skills necessary for the emergence of an industrial labour force in the home country. Furthermore, he criticizes the notion that in the long run migrant labour complements native labour. On the basis of this critique, he develops an alternative theory of the nature of the migration process.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
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Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-22452-9 (9780521224529)
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. The jobs; 3. The migrants; 4. Particular characteristics of the migrant labour market; 5. The impact of migration on the place of origin; 6. The historical evolution of long-distance migration in the United States; 7. The dilemmas of current U.S. immigration policy.