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'In exploring the utility of the notion of social capital in the context of movement, and in his attempt to find an approach that can marry migration and post migration 'processes', Faist has opened up fruitful avenues of enquiry in keeping with the body of work developed by the North European school of transnational and migration studies' -Journal of Refugee StudiesThe book offers an innovative theoretical account of the causes, nature and extent of the movement of international migrants between affluent and poorer countries. The book also provides a conceptual study of migration decision-making and the dynamics of international movement.

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`some important insights' Dudley Baines, Political Studies, Vol 49, No 2 `This is an interesting book, using a largely sociological approach' Dudley Baines, Political Studies, Vol 49, No 2, `A strength of the book is that the author brings out the variety of immigrant experience' Dudley Baines, Political Studies, Vol 49, No 2,

The book is an impressive piece of work on relatively old questions about international migration, taking into account new theoretical and empirical developments which underpin the phenomenon. It sets up a novel analytical and explanatory framework of contemporary international migration movements, and may exert influence on future research endeavours. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies In exploring the utility of the notion of social capital in the context of movement, and in his attempt to find an approach that can marry migration and post migration 'processes', Faist has opened up fruitful avenues of enquiry in keeping with the body of work developed by the North European school of transnational and migration studies Journal of Refugee Studies

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Thomas Faist is Privatdozent (Lecturer) at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies, University of Bremen, Germany

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