Intersections of social networks and state policy : Brazilian migration to Japan and the United States

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dc.contributor.advisorSkop, Emilyen
dc.creatorZell, Sarah E., 1980-en
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-19T14:21:47Z
dc.date.available2016-07-19T14:21:47Z
dc.date.issued2006-08en
dc.description.abstractThis research provides a portrait of two Brazilian migration flows, comparing the socio-demographic composition of migrants in a legally regulated guest worker program, in migration from Maringá, Brazil to Japan, and a largely unauthorized flow, from Criciúma, Brazil to the United States. Describing selectivity and social dynamics over time in the two migration flows, the study ultimately shows that though social networks operating in each flow, among other factors, allow for the diversification of migrant composition over time, destination country policies, as intervening obstacles, also play a part in influencing migrant composition. State policies influence the shape, intensity, and direction of migratory movements. Thus, the thesis critiques social network theory and the transnational approach to international migration by emphasizing the importance of the state as an actor in organizing and even inducing migration flows.en
dc.description.departmentLatin American Studiesen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2ZP3W09Wen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/39134en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden
dc.subjectBrazilian migration flowsen
dc.subjectGuest worker programen
dc.subjectJapanen
dc.subjectUnited Statesen
dc.titleIntersections of social networks and state policy : Brazilian migration to Japan and the United Statesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.genreThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentLatin American Studiesen
thesis.degree.disciplineLatin American Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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