Key concepts in the migration–development nexus

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Carling, Jørgen (2019) Key concepts in the migration–development nexus, MIGNEX Handbook Chapter, 2. Oslo: PRIO.

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Many common concepts – including forced migration, root causes, migration decision, and transit migration – carry assumptions that run counter to the analytical ambitions of MIGNEX. Navigating the terminology calls for balancing critical thinking and pragmatism.

MIGNEX is expected to help address the ‘root causes’ of migration. However, the concept itself is troubled by a narrow conception of migration as a symptom of problems.
The emphasis on disaggregation in the MIGNEX methodology is reflected in a terminology that lets us pick processes and phenomena apart
When our audiences use terminology that differs from ours, we should
engage with their usage and explain why we take a different approach.

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