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An investigation into the reasons for people's migration : a case of Zambian professional migrants in Cape Town

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-64).

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Main Author: Kapindula, Beatrice
Other Authors: Graaff, Johann
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Social Development 2015
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11249 An investigation into the reasons for people's migration : a case of Zambian professional migrants in Cape Town Kapindula, Beatrice Graaff, Johann Development Studies Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-64). This study investigates the reasons behind international migration of people. In particular, the study looks at the reasons behind professional migrants from Zambia to South Africa, taking Cape Town as a case study. The analysis is anchored around five different theoretical frameworks which explain migration from a micro and macro perspective. Theories founded on micro principles are the traditional push and pull theory and the Todaro model. The theory social networks completes the set of micro based models of migration. The two macro theories are the equilibrium and the new international division of labour, which look at the economic inequalities between sending and host regions 2015-01-04T14:26:05Z 2015-01-04T14:26:05Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11249 eng application/pdf Department of Social Development Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
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title An investigation into the reasons for people's migration : a case of Zambian professional migrants in Cape Town
title_full An investigation into the reasons for people's migration : a case of Zambian professional migrants in Cape Town
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title_full_unstemmed An investigation into the reasons for people's migration : a case of Zambian professional migrants in Cape Town
title_short An investigation into the reasons for people's migration : a case of Zambian professional migrants in Cape Town
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