Handbook of Research Methods in Migration

Edited by Carlos Vargas-Silva

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Covering both qualitative and quantitative topics, the expert contributors in this Handbook explore fundamental issues of scientific logic, methodology and methods, through to practical applications of different techniques and approaches in migration research.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Social Policy and Sociology; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781849803113
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Understanding the Relationship between Methodology and Methods

Stephen Castles

Ch 2 Migration Research between Positivistic Scientism and Relativism: A Critical Realist Way Out

Theodoros Iosifides

Ch 3 Migration, Methods and Innovation: A Reconsideration of Variation and Conceptualization in Research on Foreign Workers

David Bartram

Ch 4 Transnational – Transregional – Translocal: Transcultural

Dirk Hoerder

Ch 5 Contemporary Migration Seen from the Perspective of Political Economy: Theoretical and Methodological Elements

Raúl Delgado Wise and Humberto Márquez Covarrubias

Ch 6 Interviewing Techniques for Migrant Minority Groups

Luis Sánchez-Ayala

Ch 7 Collecting, Analysing and Presenting Migration Histories

Jørgen Carling

Ch 8 Empirical Methods in the Economics of International Immigration

Fernando Lozano and Michael D. Steinberger

Ch 9 Using Longitudinal Data to Study Migration and Remittances

Edward Funkhouser

Ch 10 Measuring Migration in Multi-topic Household Surveys

Calogero Carletto, Alan de Brauw and Raka Banerjee

Ch 11 Migration and its Measurement: Towards a More Robust Map of Bilateral Flows

Ronald Skeldon

Ch 12 Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies

David McKenzie and Dean Yang

Ch 13 Mapping Movements: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Migration Research

Pablo S. Bose

Ch 14 Even a Transnational Social Field Must Have its Boundaries: Methodological Options, Potentials and Dilemmas for Researching Transnationalism

Paolo Boccagni

Ch 15 Mixing Methods in Research on Diaspora Policies

Alan Gamlen

Ch 16 Diasporas on the Web: New Networks, New Methodologies

Jonathan Crush, Cassandra Eberhardt, Mary Caesar, Wade Pendleton, Abel Chikanda and Ashley Hill

Ch 17 Approaches to Researching Environmental Change and Migration: Methodological Considerations and Field Experiences from a Global Comparative Survey Project

Koko Warner

Ch 18 Chasing Ghosts: Researching Illegality in Migrant Labour Markets

Bridget Anderson, Ben Rogaly and Martin Ruhs

Ch 19 Using Qualitative Research Methods in Migration Studies: A Case Study of Asylum Seekers Fleeing Gender-based Persecution

Connie Oxford

Ch 20 The Importance of Accounting for Variability in Remittance Income

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo

Ch 21 Ethical Challenges in Research with Vulnerable Migrants

Ilse Van Liempt and Veronika Bilger

Ch 22 A Guide to Managing Large-scale Migration Research Projects

Melissa Siegel

Ch 23 From Dissertation to Published Research: So Close, Yet So Far

Anna O. Law

Ch 24 What the Textbooks Don’t Tell You: Moving from a Research Puzzle to Publishing Findings

Irene Bloemraad

Ch 25 Immigrants and ‘American’ Franchises: Experiences from the Field

Jennifer Parker Talwar

Ch 26 In the Factories and on the Streets: Studying Asian and Latino Garment Workers in New York City

Margaret M. Chin

Ch 27 Three Mistakes and Corrections: On Reflective Adaptation in Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis

Johanna Shih

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