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Birds Of Passage Presents An Unorthodox Analysis Of Migration To Urban Industrial Societies From Underdevelopede Rural 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 Labor Force In The Home Country. Furthermore, He Criticizes The Notion That In The Long Run Migrant Labor Complements Native Labor. On The Basis Of This Critique, He Develops An Alternative Theory Of The Nature Of The Migration Process. -- From Back Cover. Introduction -- The Jobs -- The Migrants -- Particular Characteristics Of The Migrant Labor Market -- The Impact Of Migration On The Place Of Origin -- The Historical Evolution Of Long-distance Migration In The United S

Author

Piore, Michael J.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

1980

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521280587

Subjects

Economics, Management, Business