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This chapter examines feedback, one of the social mechanisms by which migration between localities in one period can affect subsequent migrations, giving rise to rather stable and recurrent patterns of migration. This feedback from earlier migrations is generated by the flow and counter-flow of people, goods, information and ideas in what are often referred to as ‘migration systems’ (Mabogunje, 1970; Kritz et al., 1992; Fawcett, 1989; Bakewell, 2014). Much of the literature to date has focused on feedback arising from the operation of migrants’ social networks. The idea of the social networks is certainly a powerful one and helps to explain the dissemination of ideas and behaviour between people and places. It has long played a central part in theories of migration, helping to explain why many migrants from the same origin location may end up at the same destination (Gurak and Caces, 1992; Singhanetra-Renard, 1992; Massey, 1990).
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Bakewell, O., Jolivet, D. (2016). Broadcasting Migration Outcomes. In: Bakewell, O., Engbersen, G., Fonseca, M.L., Horst, C. (eds) Beyond Networks. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137539212_9
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