Birds of Passage - Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies (Paperback, Revised)

Birds of Passage presents an unorthodox analysis of migration ion to urban industrial societies from underdeveloped rual 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 labour force in the home country. Furthermore, he criticizes the notion that in the long run migrant labour complements native labour. On the basis of this critique, he develops an alternative theory of the nature of the migration process.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1980
First published:	1979
Authors:	Michael J. Piore
Dimensions:	210 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-28058-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-28058-3
Barcode:	9780521280587

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