Moving within Borders:Addressing the Potentials and Risks of Mass Migrations in Developing Countries (Politics, Economics, and Inclusive Development)

by: William Ascher(Author),Shane Joshua Barter(Author)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 14 Jan. 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 393 pages

ISBN-10: 3031375483

ISBN-13: 9783031375484

Book Description

This book highlights the attention that policymakers, activists, and the public should pay to inteal migration. Although prominent research has analyzed particular types of inteal migration, especially urbanization and inteally displaced persons (IDPs), the narrow scope of existing studies cannot capture the overlaps of motivation and circumstances that pose serious policy dilemmas. The book is distinctive in examining the full range of modes and motives of inteal migration:state-sponsored or unsponsored, coerced or voluntary, land-seeking or market-seeking, urban or rural, and so on. While approaching inteal migration holistically, it also emphasizes how it is distinct from inteational migrations, especially the central role of the state, whose inteal divisions and defensive reactions to challenges often play decisive roles in goveing migration. The writing style is geared towards accessibility, making it appropriate for college- and graduate-level students as well as the broader public.