Abstract

Abstract The large and growing contingent of migrants in the world today who move in different directions, occupying a peripheral place in terms of space, occupation, education and access to public services, leads us to problematize analyses about the phenomenon of migration. In this direction, we present some theoretical supports for research about this theme. The objective is to contribute with analyses that seek to go beyond appearances and capture the multiple determinations of the concrete, that is, to understand the reality that moves workers and their families to migrate. We understand that migratory movements accompany the process of capital expansion in the direction of accumulation, given that capitalist accumulation produces a population of surplus labor, according to Marx, which is available to be sent in different locations and production sectors. We conclude that the category of migration a historical materialist perspective is a phenomenon that originates in the expropriation of the means of subsistence and the exploitation of labor, and therefore, cannot be understood outside of these processes. In this perspective, we use the categories of accumulation, commodity, industrial reserve army and spatial expansion of capital to analyze the movement of workers.

Highlights

  • Massive numbers of people are in movement in the world today, whether as international or domestic migrants, or as refugees

  • United Nations (UN) data reveal that the number of migrants in the world increased 41% in the past 15 years

  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), reports that movement forced by wars, violence and persecution around the world in 2016 reached the highest number of people ever recorded

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Summary

Migration from a Dialectical and Historical Materialist perspective

Célia Regina Vendramini http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9600-2868 1 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Educação, Programa de Graduação em Educação, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil (UFSC) 2 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Educacionais, Departamento de Estudos Especializados em Educação, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil (UFSC)

Introduction
The affirmation of migration as a central category
Findings
Final considerations
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