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Is the "environmental migration" nexus an analytically meaningful subject for research?
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Universität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD)
Abstract
"This paper makes the case that the ‘environmental migration’ nexus has no intrinsic capacity to provide us an operable understanding that can guide policy work. It then attempts to account for the continuing efforts to substantiate the "issue-area" despite a range of widely noted problems with its ... view more
"This paper makes the case that the ‘environmental migration’ nexus has no intrinsic capacity to provide us an operable understanding that can guide policy work. It then attempts to account for the continuing efforts to substantiate the "issue-area" despite a range of widely noted problems with its conceptual basis. It concludes by outlining, in light of the preceding arguments, what role remains for social scientists." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
migration; politics; decision making; environment; social science
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Ecology, Environment
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
44 p.
Series
COMCAD Working Papers, 104
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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