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).Alejandro I. Canales, Ph.D. (1995), El Colegio de México, es Profesor de Demografía en la Universidad de Guadalajara. Ha publicado diversos artículos y libros sobre el tema de las migraciones internacionales. Su más reciente libro se titula: Debates contemporáneos sobre migración internacional (México, M.A. Porrúa, 2016).

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction 1 Migration and Reproduction: Basic Premises1 Three Glances at the Reproduction Approach 1.1 Demography and Population Reproduction1.2 Reproduction in the Thought of Pierre Bourdieu 1.3 Gunnar Myrdal and the Principle of Circular and Cumulative Causation 1.4 Migration and Reproduction: A Preliminary Synthesis 2 From the Social Reproduction of Migration to Migration as Reproduction of Society 3 Conclusion: Migration and Reproduction 2 International Migration in Neoclassical Economics: A Critical Perspective 1 Approaches of Neoclassical Economic Theory and of the New Home Economics 2 Limitations of Neo-classical Theory: Imperfections of the Market 3 Rational Choice: Theoretical or Axiomatic Principle? 4 Neoclassical Economics: An Ahistorical Theory 3 Migration and Development: Three Theses and a Corollary 1 Migration and Development: The Pitfalls of a Misleading Discourse 1.1 The Immigration Issue in Host Countries 1.2 Is Migration a New Development Paradigm for Origin Countries?2 Migration and Development: a Critical Perspective 3 Conclusion: Three Theses and a Corollary on International Migration 3.1 Corollary: Towards a Global Model of Understanding Migration 4 Migration and Reproduction: Beyond the Critique of Methodological Nationalism 1 Globalization as a Critique of Methodological Nationalism 2 Transnational Communities and Transnationalism 3 Migration, Social Networks and Transnationalism 4 Migration and Reproduction 5 The Role of Migration in the Global System of Demographic Reproduction 1 Thesis 2 From Demographic Transition to a Global System of Reproduction 3 International Migration and Demographic Change in Sending and Receiving Societies 3.1 Aging Population and the End of Demographic Transition 3.2 The Second Demographic Transition 3.3 The Demographic Dividend: Dynamics of Population in Origin Countries 4 Demographic Change and Migration: Towards a Global Model of Population Reproduction 5 Migration and Demographic Change: The Contradictions of the Model 6 Conclusion: Dilemmas and Contradictions of a Model 6 Migration and the Reproduction of Capital1 Thesis2 From the Circular Flow of Income to the Reproduction of Capital3 Labor Migration and the Reproduction of Capital 3.1 Deindustrialization and Tertiarization in the New Labor Matrix3.2 Immigration and Labor Deficit4 Transnationalism, Social Networks and Remittances: The Reproduction of the Labor Force 5 Conclusion7 Migration and Social Reproduction1 Thesis 2 Social Networks and Social Reproduction3 Migration and Social Reproduction in Host Societies3.1 Globalization and Employment Polarization3.2 Racializing Social Inequality and Class Structure in the United States3.3 Migration, Work and Social Reproduction in Advanced Societies4Migration and Social Reproduction: Towards a Global and Comprehensive Vision8 The Central Place of Migration in the Reproduction of Advanced Societies1 Thesis 2 International Migrations: The Theoretical-methodological Debate Revisited3 Migration and the Reproduction Approach 4 The Central Place of Migrations in Advanced Societies5 The Contradictions of the Model: Demographic Replacement9 Latinos in the USA: The New American Dilemma1 Thesis2 Demographic Change and Ethnic Replacement 3 The Racialization of Inequality and the New American Dilemma 3.1 Occupational Segregation and the Racializing of Social Inequality 3.2 Productivity, Wages and Economic Discrimination4 Final Reflections: Latinos and the New American Dilemma ReferencesIndex