Migration, Reproduction and Society

Alejandro I. Canales, Ph.D. (1995), El Colegio de México, is Professor of Demography at University of Guadalajara. He has published articles and books about International Migration. His most recent book is Debates contemporáneos sobre migración internacional (México, M.A. Porrúa, 2016).

• List of Illustrations Introduction 1 Migration and Reproduction: Basic Premises1Three Glances at the Reproduction Approach1.1Demography and Population Reproduction1.2Reproduction in the Thought of Pierre Bourdieu1.3Gunnar Myrdal and the Principle of Circular and Cumulative Causation1.4Migration and Reproduction: A Preliminary Synthesis2From the Social Reproduction of Migration to Migration as Reproduction of Society3Conclusion: Migration and Reproduction 2 International Migration in Neoclassical Economics: A Critical Perspective1Approaches of Neoclassical Economic Theory and of the New Home Economics2Limitations of Neo-classical Theory: Imperfections of the Market3Rational Choice: Theoretical or Axiomatic Principle?4Neoclassical Economics: An Ahistorical Theory 3 Migration and Development: Three Theses and a Corollary1Migration and Development: The Pitfalls of a Misleading Discourse1.1The Immigration Issue in Host Countries1.2Is Migration a New Development Paradigm for Origin Countries?2Migration and Development: a Critical Perspective3Conclusion: Three Theses and a Corollary on International Migration3.1Corollary: Towards a Global Model of Understanding Migration 4 Migration and Reproduction: Beyond the Critique of Methodological Nationalism1Globalization as a Critique of Methodological Nationalism2Transnational Communities and Transnationalism3Migration, Social Networks and Transnationalism4Migration and Reproduction 5 The Role of Migration in the Global System of Demographic Reproduction1Thesis2From Demographic Transition to a Global System of Reproduction3International Migration and Demographic Change in Sending and Receiving Societies3.1Aging Population and the End of Demographic Transition3.2The Second Demographic Transition3.3The Demographic Dividend: Dynamics of Population in Origin Countries4Demographic Change and Migration: Towards a Global Model of Population Reproduction5Migration and Demographic Change: The Contradictions of the Model6Conclusion: Dilemmas and Contradictions of a Model 6 Migration and the Reproduction of Capital1Thesis2From the Circular Flow of Income to the Reproduction of Capital3Labor Migration and the Reproduction of Capital3.1Deindustrialization and Tertiarization in the New Labor Matrix3.2Immigration and Labor Deficit4Transnationalism, Social Networks and Remittances: The Reproduction of the Labor Force5Conclusion 7 Migration and Social Reproduction1Thesis2Social Networks and Social Reproduction3Migration and Social Reproduction in Host Societies3.1Globalization and Employment Polarization3.2Racializing Social Inequality and Class Structure in the United States3.3Migration, Work and Social Reproduction in Advanced Societies4Migration and Social Reproduction: Towards a Global and Comprehensive Vision 8 The Central Place of Migration in the Reproduction of Advanced Societies1Thesis2International Migrations: The Theoretical-methodological Debate Revisited3Migration and the Reproduction Approach4The Central Place of Migrations in Advanced Societies5The Contradictions of the Model: Demographic Replacement 9 Latinos in the USA: The New American Dilemma1Thesis2Demographic Change and Ethnic Replacement3The Racialization of Inequality and the New American Dilemma3.1Occupational Segregation and the Racializing of Social Inequality3.2Productivity, Wages and Economic Discrimination4Final Reflections: Latinos and the New American Dilemma ReferencesIndex