Abstract

This book contains revised versions of papers originally presented at a conference on international migration that was sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and held in Bellagio Italy in June 1979. conference was organized to review the state of the art in the field of international migration evaluate current migration trends and assess the implications for research and policy. The papers are arranged in three sections. In Part 1 concerned with theoretical issues the authors examine how political economic and social structures both at the national and international level shape current international migration patterns and policies. Part 2 focuses on international migration trends and policies in six geographic regions including Western Europe Australasia and the South Pacific Canada and the United States the Caribbean the Southern Cone of Latin America and the Middle East and North Africa. In Part 3 the incorporation of migrants into host societies is considered and return migration policies are discussed. A general bibliography is also included. (EXCERPT)

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