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The Migration-Development Model Can Serve Two Masters: The Transnational Capitalist Class and National Development

The Migration-Development Model Can Serve Two Masters: The Transnational Capitalist Class and... © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/156914909X423872 PGDT 8 (2009) 211-229 brill.nl/pgdt P E R S P E C T I V E S O N G L O B A L D E V E L O P M E N T A N D T E C H N O L O G Y Th e Migration-Development Model Can Serve Two Masters: Th e Transnational Capitalist Class and National Development Rubin Patterson Africana Studies; Sociology and Anthropology Th e University of Toledo Abstract International migrants are generally of two distinct classes; namely, highly skilled and highly credentialed professional workers, on the one hand, and low skilled manual workers, on the other hand. Th is paper seeks to improve conceptual clarity and attempts to theorize the distinct ways in which the diff erent global classes aff ect development back home. Many of the fi ndings in the paper are counterintuitive. Th e paper debunks erroneous observations and clarifi es the relationships between global classes and the migration-development model. Hence, the paper explores of the aff ects of global classes on the migration-development model as well as the aff ects of migration-induced development on global classes. Keywords world http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Perspectives on Global Development and Technology Brill

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1569-1500
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1569-1497
DOI
10.1163/156914909x423872
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/156914909X423872 PGDT 8 (2009) 211-229 brill.nl/pgdt P E R S P E C T I V E S O N G L O B A L D E V E L O P M E N T A N D T E C H N O L O G Y Th e Migration-Development Model Can Serve Two Masters: Th e Transnational Capitalist Class and National Development Rubin Patterson Africana Studies; Sociology and Anthropology Th e University of Toledo Abstract International migrants are generally of two distinct classes; namely, highly skilled and highly credentialed professional workers, on the one hand, and low skilled manual workers, on the other hand. Th is paper seeks to improve conceptual clarity and attempts to theorize the distinct ways in which the diff erent global classes aff ect development back home. Many of the fi ndings in the paper are counterintuitive. Th e paper debunks erroneous observations and clarifi es the relationships between global classes and the migration-development model. Hence, the paper explores of the aff ects of global classes on the migration-development model as well as the aff ects of migration-induced development on global classes. Keywords world

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Perspectives on Global Development and TechnologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

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