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Migration and mobility are considered as integral parts of globalisation. The methodological issues in measuring migration and mobility are outlined and the entry describes their principal patterns and trends in human movement at the global level. Migration is seen as primarily a consequence of development and the main drivers of the flows are considered. While attention is most commonly focussed on permanent flows of people, this entry argues that non-permanent, temporary or circular forms of human movement are coming to dominate the global system associated with changes in the nature of the global economy. Migration, mobility and immobility are placed within a broad space–time framework to show the linkages with broader transitions and transformations in population, society, economy and politics.
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Skeldon, R. (2016). Mobility, Immobility and Migration. In: Grugel, J., Hammett, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of International Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-42724-3_20
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