Migration Theory

Caroline B. Brettell is University Distinguished Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. From 2012 to 2018, she served as the Founding Director of the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. James F. Hollifield is Ora Nixon Arnold Professor of International Political Economy and Director of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University. He is also a member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations, a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC, and Fellow at the French Institute for Advanced Studies in Paris (2021–22).

Introduction. Migration Theory: Talking Across Disciplines 1. Historical Migration Studies: Time, Temporality, and Theory 2. Demography and Migration: The Wildcard in Population Dynamics 3. Economic Aspects of Migration 4. The Sociology of International Migration 5. Theorizing Migration in Anthropology: The Cultural, Social, Phenomenological, and Embodied Dimensions of Human Mobility 6. Geographical Theories of Migration: Exploring Scalar, Spatial and Placeful Dimensions of Human Mobility 7. The Politics of International Migration: How Can We Bring the State Back In? 8. Law and Migration: Constants, Challenges, and Changes 9. The State of Migration Theory: Challenges, Interdisciplinarity and Critique