Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement · 2001 · 48 citations · 1 references
Social SciencesEconomicsSociologyImmigration PolicyImmigration StudiesMigration PolicyImmigrant IntegrationMigration GovernanceTransnational MigrationMexican Migration To The United States
ABSTRACT The Mexican immigration to the U.S. has made a strategic impact on the economic and social structure of this country. This essay examines: the crucial role played under the aegis of neoliberalism by direct and undirect labour exportation; the main qualitative changes experienced by the migration phenomenon during the last two decades; the emergence of the collective or organized migrant; and the potential contribution of this new phenomenon to local and regional development.
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