SOCB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 4: Nationstates, Transnationalism, Chinese Head Tax In Canada
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This is associated with the neo-classical paradigm (employment opportunities, migration decisions based on economic factors in other countries or individual rationality rather than social factors/influences) Criticisms and alternatives are dual-or segmented labor market theory (race is importance deterrence of labor market), it"s not always rational choice because of the labor market theory. There are also multiple factors that influence migration (not just economic factors) and will change throughout history as humans change too, the push/pull forces are misleading (p. 26-7) Neoclassical theory assumes that potential migrants have perfect knowledge of wage levels and employment opportunities in destination regions, and that their migration decisions are overwhelmingly based on these economic factors. Cumulative causation the multiplier effect and how the economy changes over time by economic development. Transnational theory transnationalism is a social phenomenon and scholarly research agenda grown out of the heightened interconnectivity between people and the receding economic and social significance of boundaries among nation states.
