Institutional theory and family migration -- Hong Kong's institutional background -- pt. 1. Cosmopolitan emigrants … Kwong : the professional's dilemma -- pt. 2. The rooted : ties to Hong Kong deter migration -- The Gung family : Hong Kong … families : unlikely emigrants -- The Szeto family : nowhere to run -- The Hung family : cancelled migration dreams -- The Chia …

Introduction: Climate change, environment and migration -- Livelihoods, environmental stress and mobility in Mali and … Senegal -- Theoretical perspectives on the environment-migration nexus -- The role of environmental factors in shaping … migration -- The migration decision: capabilities matter -- Aspirations for a better life -- Social transformation and its …

familiar concepts such as push and pull, migration as a life project and socio-cultural integration. It highlights processes … such as flexible migrant routes, temporary and return migration, mental aspects of migration processes and transnationalism … work from scholars from Europe and beyond. The book suggests a different understanding of migration and mobility as …