Suchergebnisse

Review of: Narrating Migration: Intimacies of Exclusion in Northern Italy, Sabina Perrino (2021)
New York and London: Routledge, 188 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-03208-450-3, p/bk, £36.99

Abstract. The migration model presented in this paper indicates (hat the academic quality of public schools, independent of their racial composition, is an important determinant of in‐migration in North Carolina counties. The failure to control for school quality is shown to lead to a significant overestimate of the negative impact of school racial mix. These results accord with the Tiebout Hypothesis and with a growing body of other research which suggests that the distributions of public services and other amenities are the principal determinants of recent migration patterns in the U.S.

How do Indo-Muslim migrants practice Islam in South Africa? Through the perspective of caste membership, it is also possible to take a look at dynamic Islamic practices. Julia Koch (Dr. phil.), geb. 1982, studierte Ethnologie, Kommunikationswissenschaft und Mittelalterliche Geschichte in Münster und in Paris (EHESS) und hat im Rahmen der Graduiertenschule des Exzellenzclusters »Religion und Politik in den Kulturen der Vormoderne und Moderne« an der WWU Münster promoviert. Sie ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Ethnologie in Münster.

The article investigates various demographic groups and their migration differences, and trends changing in Lithuania. The perspectives of various authors on the ongoing migration in Lithuania are discussed. The research draws attention to the differences in migration trends among men and women. The analysis includes significant components such as emigration and immigration that influence changes in population and demographics. One of the most important priorities of this publication is highlighting of differentiation in migration and its assessment by age groups. As the authors' conclusions show, attitudes of various age groups towards migration are different and rapidly changing. The research reveals the specific structural changes in emigrants' and immigrants' demographic groups. The study shows that socially these groups differ, however, only detailed sociological researches could identify real reasons for such differences. In addition, the article presents the new statistical indicators such as various migration statistical indicators calculated by the authors, which are relevant in demographic analysis. The authors have done the calculations of the average age of emigrants and immigrants, as well as the comparative analysis of these indicators and the assessment by the age of net migration (migration balance).

Of the consequences of war, the movement of large numbers of displaced peoples across international borders is among the most significant. I examine the determinants of international refugee flows in Africa during the period from 1992 to 2001. I begin with a gravity model of refugee flows, which posits that levels of such flows will vary as a function of the population of the two states in question and the distance between the two. To this, I add consideration of two key factors theorized to generate refugee populations: the presence of armed conflict , and the regime type of both the source and target nations. Most important, distance between the source and the target countries is the single most important determinant of dyadic refugee flows; in addition to its direct effect, distance also mediates the effects of conflict and regime type on volumes of refugees. My findings confirm the strong influence of distance on the levels of refugee flows. Although I find clear effects for the presence of conflict, with war in the source country substantially increasing refugee flows and war in the host country decreasing them, I also find strong evidence that this effect is mediated by distance.

Instead of trying to escape political authority, large numbers of people across the continent are now migrating toward the cities, especially the capital city, which are the centres of political power in all countries south of the Sahara. Many aspects of African politics can only be understood within the context of the changing accessibility of the traditional exit option. (SJK)