The Migration-Development Nexus

1. The Migration–Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective
Thomas Faist, Margit Fauser

Part I. Paradigms — Methodological and Conceptual

2. A Global Perspective on Migration and Development
Nina Glick Schiller

3. The Dialectic between Uneven Development and Forced Migration: Toward a Political Economy Framework
Raúl Delgado Wise, Humberto Márquez Covarrubias

Part II. Organizations, Networks and States

4. Diasporas, Recovery and Development in Conflict-ridden Societies
Nicholas Hear

5. Business as Usual? Urban Actors and Transnational Investments in Accra, Ghana
Lothar Smith

6. How Receiving Cities Contribute to Simultaneous Engagements for Incorporation and Development
Margit Fauser

7. A Sociology of Diaspora Knowledge Networks
Jean-Baptiste Meyer

Part III. Outlook

8. Academic Knowledge, Policy and the Public Role of Social Scientists
Thomas Faist

9. Modernization, Development and Migration in a Sceptical Age
Peter Kivisto

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Development Studies, Development Policy, Human Geography, Political Economy, Ethnicity Studies, Migration