Demetrios G. Papademetriou

The unsettled relationship: labor migration and economic development.

Foreword by Diego C. Asencio Introduction Conceptual and Theoretical Issues in International Labor Migration Labor Migration and Development: Research and Policy Issues by Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Philip L. Martin Labor Migration: Theory and Reality by Philip L. Martin Labor Migration and Development in Africa Binational Communities and Labor Circulation in Sub-Saharan Africa by Aderanti Adepoju International Labor Migration in Southern Africa by Timothy T. Thahane Labor Migration and Development in Greece and Turkey Migration and Development in Greece: The Unfinished Story by Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Ira Emke-Poulopolos Migration without Development: The Case of Turkey by Ali S. Gitmez Labor Migration and Development in Asian Emigration Countries Migration from Pakistan to the Middle East by Shahid Javed Burki Emigration and Development in South and Southeast Asia by Charles Stahl and Ansanul Habib Labor Migration and Development in Latin America, Mexico, and the Caribbean The Effects of International Migration on Latin America by Sergio Diaz-Briquets Caribbean Emigration and Development by Patricia R. Pessar The Unsettled Relationship between Migration and Development Migration and Development: The Unsettled Relationship by Demetrios G. Papademetriou Immigration and Economic Development by the Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development Appendix: Social Indicators of Development References Index

A preliminary profile of unapprehended undocumented aliens in northern New Jersey: a research note.

This research sheds some light on a number of questions regarding the sociodemographic structure, economic behavior, and the process of economic insertion of unapprehended undocumented aliens in the Northern New Jersey area. The data have been obtained from clients of the Catholic Community Services of the Archdiocese of Newark. Sixty respondents have been interviewed. The preliminary analysis of these interviews indicates that the subjects hold secondary labor market positions and are full participants in the economy of the region — including the discharge of their tax obligations.

Book Review: Labor, Class, and the International SystemLabor, Class, and the International System. By PortesAlejandro and WaltonJohnNew York:Academic press, 1981. Pp. 231.

examination of West Indians only, Pearson emphasizes the role of Caribbean social structures in influencing West Indian behavior in Britain and largely takes host community hostility for granted. Within the limits of his small systematic sample (N=108), he attempts to distinguish the social attributes and attitudes of West Indians from different areas of the Caribbean. The approach of the study makes it difficult to draw conclusions about how race and class affect political activism. Pearsons concept of political activism is a loose one, including individual voting behavior, individual membership in voluntary associations (especially religious ones), and group attempts at political influence within the city. Since the respondents consist almost entirely of working class West Indians, there is little variation in class and none in race. A host of other variables are examined for their influences on political activism, yet few firm conclusions emerge. With so many variables and so few respondents (and even fewer political activists) in on West Midlands city, no more than tentative findings are possible. To his credit, Pearson recognizes that his work is only suggestive. As a refurbished Ph.D. dissertation, this book reflects the strengths and weaknesses of its origin. On the positive side, the author is well read in the relevant previous studies, and he integrates his findings well with others in the field. On the negative side, more careful proofreading might have eliminated such errors as occasional sentence fragments and the transposition of category labels in an important table on West Indian occupations. To those familiar with work in the field, this study presents few surprises. For those desiring an introduction to the sociological study of West Indians in Britain, it is a worthwhile work.

Dualism and Discontinuity in Industrial Societies.

Originally published in 1980, the essays in this volume analyse a family of phenomena in advanced industrial societies for which neither liberal nor Marxist theories provide a systematic explanation. Berger and Piore argue that these phenomena represent a structural solution to the economic and political problems of distributing economic uncertainty and preserving political stability. The discontinuities in industrial societies are not the product of incomplete modernisation but of political and economic choices that perpetuate and recreate segmentation to protect critical political and economic mechanisms. Studies by Piore examine the labour market and its relationship to technological innovation and capital investment, whilst those by Berger explore the social foundation of political parties and the formation of state policy as it emerges from competitive political forces.

Book Review: Turkish Workers in Europe 1960-75: A Socio-Economic ReappraisalTurkish Workers in Europe 1960-75: A Socio-Economic Reappraisal.Abadan-UnatNermin, ed. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1976. Pp. 424. 160 guilders.

Editor Storer and associates offer recommendations that are not new. Better channels of communication should be developed between non-English speaking workers and their employers and union leaders. Committees of migrant women should organize to deal with problems and support their members for leadership positions. Childcare facilities should be provided. Working hours and routines should be based on human potentialities rather than on calculations of production needs. The Centre promises a second report which will be more interpretive. In the meantime anyone interested in womens labor history will appreciate the data offered here.