International Migration, Development and Human Wellbeing

Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to expl

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Rethinking International Development series Series Editors: Andy Sumner, Fellow of the Vulnerability and Poverty Research Team, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. Ray Kiely, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London, UK. Palgrave Macmillan is delighted to announce a new series dedicated to publishing cutting-edge titles that focus on the broad area of ‘development’. The core aims of the series are to present critical work that: – – – –

is cross-disciplinary; challenges orthodoxies; reconciles theoretical depth with empirical research; explores the frontiers of development studies in terms of ‘development’ in both North and South and global interconnectedness; – reflects on claims to knowledge and intervention in other people’s lives. Titles include: David Alexander Clark ADAPTATION, POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being Simon Feeny and Matthew Clarke THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND BEYOND International Assistance to the Asia-Pacific Niamh Gaynor TRANSFORMING PARTICIPATION? The Politics of Development in Malawi and Ireland Caroline Harper, Nicola Jones, Ronald U. Mendoza, David Stewart and Erika Strand (editors) CHILDREN IN CRISIS Seeking Child-Sensitive Policy Responses Xiaoming Huang, Alex C. Tan and Sekhar Bandyopadhyay (editors) CHINA AND INDIA AND THE END OF DEVELOPMENT MODELS Sue Kenny and Matthew Clarke (editors) CHALLENGING CAPACITY BUILDING Comparative Perspectives Erik Lundsgaarde (editor) AFRICA TOWARD 2030 Challenges for Development Policy

Sara C. Motta and Alf Gunvald Nilsen (editors) SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH Dispossession, Development and Resistance Eric Rugraff, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea and Andy Sumner (editors) TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY Critical Perspectives Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and Rayah Feldman (editors) MIGRATION AND SOCIAL PROTECTION Claiming Social Rights beyond Borders Jens Stilhoff Sörensen (editor) CHALLENGING THE AID PARADIGM Western Currents and Asian Alternatives Andy Sumner and Meera Tiwari AFTER 2015: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY AT A CROSSROADS Katie Wright INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN WELLBEING

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International Migration, Development and Human Wellbeing Katie Wright Senior Lecturer in International Development, University of East London, UK

© Katie Wright 2012 Foreword © Katie Willis 2012 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-0-230-24828-1

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