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Understanding Immobility: Moving Beyond the Mobility Bias in Migration Studies

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Schewel, K
Published in: International Migration Review
June 1, 2020

This article suggests that there is a mobility bias in migration research: by focusing on the “drivers” of migration — the forces that lead to the initiation and perpetuation of migration flows — migration theories neglect the countervailing structural and personal forces that restrict or resist these drivers and lead to different immobility outcomes. To advance a research agenda on immobility, it offers a definition of immobility, further develops the aspiration-capability framework as an analytical tool for exploring the determinants of different forms of (im)mobility, synthesizes decades of interdisciplinary research to help explain why people do not migrate or desire to migrate, and considers future directions for further qualitative and quantitative research on immobility.

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International Migration Review

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1747-7379

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0197-9183

Publication Date

June 1, 2020

Volume

54

Issue

2

Start / End Page

328 / 355

Related Subject Headings

  • Demography
  • 44 Human society
  • 38 Economics
  • 16 Studies in Human Society
  • 14 Economics
 

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Schewel, K. (2020). Understanding Immobility: Moving Beyond the Mobility Bias in Migration Studies. International Migration Review, 54(2), 328–355. https://doi.org/10.1177/0197918319831952
Schewel, K. “Understanding Immobility: Moving Beyond the Mobility Bias in Migration Studies.” International Migration Review 54, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 328–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0197918319831952.
Schewel K. Understanding Immobility: Moving Beyond the Mobility Bias in Migration Studies. International Migration Review. 2020 Jun 1;54(2):328–55.
Schewel, K. “Understanding Immobility: Moving Beyond the Mobility Bias in Migration Studies.” International Migration Review, vol. 54, no. 2, June 2020, pp. 328–55. Scopus, doi:10.1177/0197918319831952.
Schewel K. Understanding Immobility: Moving Beyond the Mobility Bias in Migration Studies. International Migration Review. 2020 Jun 1;54(2):328–355.
Journal cover image

Published In

International Migration Review

DOI

EISSN

1747-7379

ISSN

0197-9183

Publication Date

June 1, 2020

Volume

54

Issue

2

Start / End Page

328 / 355

Related Subject Headings

  • Demography
  • 44 Human society
  • 38 Economics
  • 16 Studies in Human Society
  • 14 Economics