Return Migration And Regional Development In Europe: Mobility Against The Stream (new Geographies Of Europe)
by Zoltán Kovács /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book assesses recent migration patterns in Europe, which
have significantly included 'return migration' against the stream
of East-West migration. Since the Eastern enlargement of the EU,
many regions of Central and Eastern European have experienced a
loss of human resources in core industries, raising concerns
about social, economic and territorial cohesion in the region.
The success rates of national and regional governmental policy
aiming to retain or re-attract skilled workers have been
variable, yet return migration has emerged as a major element of
migration flows.
This book assesses recent migration patterns in Europe, which
have significantly included 'return migration' against the stream
of East-West migration. Since the Eastern enlargement of the EU,
many regions of Central and Eastern European have experienced a
loss of human resources in core industries, raising concerns
about social, economic and territorial cohesion in the region.
The success rates of national and regional governmental policy
aiming to retain or re-attract skilled workers have been
variable, yet return migration has emerged as a major element of
migration flows.
Bringing together leading researchers on this important topic in
contemporary European geography, the contributors analyse a
series of key issues. These include: theoretical frameworks in
the field of return migration; the nexus between return migration
and regional development; the effects of the global and European
crisis on emigration and return migration; non-economic
motivations for emigration and return; the intergenerational
character of return migration, and; the reintegration of return
migrants into post-socialist societies. Taken together, the
chapters see return migrants as important agents of change,
innovation and economic growth. The book will be of great
interest for scholars and students of human, economic and
political geography.
Bringing together leading researchers on this important topic in
contemporary European geography, the contributors analyse a
series of key issues. These include: theoretical frameworks in
the field of return migration; the nexus between return migration
and regional development; the effects of the global and European
crisis on emigration and return migration; non-economic
motivations for emigration and return; the intergenerational
character of return migration, and; the reintegration of return
migrants into post-socialist societies. Taken together, the
chapters see return migrants as important agents of change,
innovation and economic growth. The book will be of great
interest for scholars and students of human, economic and
political geography.