How to Unveil International Migration Trends and not to die in such attempt?
Getting enthusiastic about understanding international migration not only requires expertise and a critical gaze, but also a dose of bravery. International migration encompasses multilayered phenomena that lead to different theories, academic debates and methodological approaches. How do you organize this apparently thick compound of information? What do classical theories on international migration tell us about present trends? Why is the development of theories important to this field and what are the implications of these theories? In their book on migration theory, Brettell and Hollifield (2000) organize the many layers of international migration analysis by disciplines. On the other hand, Massey et al (1993) disclose classic theories that have predominated in the field and have implicated direct change in academic perception, and also in policy. By contrasting both the aforementioned analyses, it is indeed possible to discriminate between two basic levels in which disciplinary and
