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‘You'd never starve here’: return migration to rural Newfoundland
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In this article, the relationship between migration and underdevelopment in the rural areas is examined using data from a 1979 survey of 420 returning migrants and from a more detailed survey of 66 individuals in two communities undertaken in 1981-1982.Abstract:
Return migration to Newfoundland Canada is analyzed using data from a 1979 survey of 420 returning migrants and from a more detailed survey of 66 individuals in two communities undertaken in 1981-1982. The relationship between migration and underdevelopment in the rural areas is examined. (summary in FRE) (ANNOTATION)read more
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Bonding and bridging social capital: reflections from belfast
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Social Capital, Community Resilience, and Faith-Based Organizations in Disaster Recovery: A Case Study of Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church
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“Between Belonging”: Habitus and the migration experience
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Intra-European return migration and rural development: lessons from the Spanish case
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined return migration from industrial Europe to a number of communities in Andalusia Spain, covering migrants from a variety of social contexts including villages towns and cities.
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Who Returns and Why: Return Migration Behavior in Two North Atlantic Societies
TL;DR: In this paper, the characteristics of return migrants and their reasons for returning to their homelands were examined and a strong similarity between the two migrant populations was found, and the conceptual framework in the second part is a decision model in which a range of factors in the decision to return are examined.