Birds of passage : migrant labor and industrial societies / Michael J. Piore.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980.Edition: First paperback editionDescription: x, 229 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0521224527
  • 0521280583
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.6/2
LOC classification:
  • HD 6300 .P56 1980
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The jobs -- 3. The migrants -- 4. Particular characteristics of the migrant labor market -- 5. The impact of migration on the place of origin -- 6. The historical evolution of long-distance migration in the United States -- 7. The dilemmas of current U.S. immigration policy..
Summary: "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." -- from the publisher.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks The Karl H. Niebyl Collection HD 6300 .P56 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML19090014

"This volume was originally prepared for the National Council on Employment Policy." --from the preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The jobs -- 3. The migrants -- 4. Particular characteristics of the migrant labor market -- 5. The impact of migration on the place of origin -- 6. The historical evolution of long-distance migration in the United States -- 7. The dilemmas of current U.S. immigration policy..

"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." -- from the publisher.

Donation from Karl and Elizabeth Niebyl.

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