Well-being, social capital and international migration. The case of the Latin American and Andean Spain
This paper attempts to introduce the concept of Latin American and Andean Spain. In order to do this the author collects data about the massive migration between Latin America and the Andean region to Spain. Then, two theoretical perspectives are proposed as an explanation of this phenomenon: push a...
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doaj-6ccee143c29549d48afc5e68ba5ae6752020-11-25T00:26:19ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasMigraciones1138-57742341-08332015-03-0103636940110.14422/mig.i36.y2014.0054613Well-being, social capital and international migration. The case of the Latin American and Andean SpainDiego Leal0University of Massachusetts – AmherstThis paper attempts to introduce the concept of Latin American and Andean Spain. In order to do this the author collects data about the massive migration between Latin America and the Andean region to Spain. Then, two theoretical perspectives are proposed as an explanation of this phenomenon: push and pull theory, linked to the concept of well-being, and social capital theory associated with the concept of migration network. In third place, it is analyzed some evidence from Colombia that supports the theoretical framework. Finally, contemporary return migration dynamics from Spain are discussedhttps://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/revistamigraciones/article/view/4800international migration, well-being, social capital, return, Colombia, España |
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Well-being, social capital and international migration. The case of the Latin American and Andean Spain |
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Well-being, social capital and international migration. The case of the Latin American and Andean Spain |
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Well-being, social capital and international migration. The case of the Latin American and Andean Spain |
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Well-being, social capital and international migration. The case of the Latin American and Andean Spain |
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Well-being, social capital and international migration. The case of the Latin American and Andean Spain |
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well-being, social capital and international migration. the case of the latin american and andean spain |
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Universidad Pontificia Comillas |
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Migraciones |
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1138-5774 2341-0833 |
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2015-03-01 |
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This paper attempts to introduce the concept of Latin American and Andean Spain. In order to do this the author collects data about the massive migration between Latin America and the Andean region to Spain. Then, two theoretical perspectives are proposed as an explanation of this phenomenon: push and pull theory, linked to the concept of well-being, and social capital theory associated with the concept of migration network. In third place, it is analyzed some evidence from Colombia that supports the theoretical framework. Finally, contemporary return migration dynamics from Spain are discussed |
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international migration, well-being, social capital, return, Colombia, España |
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https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/revistamigraciones/article/view/4800 |
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