Inmigración y metrópolis: Reflexiones acerca de la historia urbana.

This article presents an outline of the relationship between migration and the city in its evolution over time. I sketch the central aspects of this historical relation as a prelude to examining three aspects of the contemporary scene: the various determinants of contemporary labour flows; the polit...

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Autor principal: Alejandro Portes
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C. 2001
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15100106
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Sumario:This article presents an outline of the relationship between migration and the city in its evolution over time. I sketch the central aspects of this historical relation as a prelude to examining three aspects of the contemporary scene: the various determinants of contemporary labour flows; the political sources of resistance to international migration; and the renewed protagonist role of metropolitan areas as strategic nodes of the international system. As part of the latter process, I sketch the rise of transnationalism as a novel form of adaptation to immigration and as a potential response to the overriding logic of global capitalism. Implications of a migration centered approach to cities for theory and policy are dismissed.