Theoretical aspects of migration: evolution of approaches and schools of thought

About the authors:

Oksana B. Chernega, Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Professor, Acting Rector of M. Tugan-Baranovsky Donetsk National University of Economy and Trade; o.chernega@mail.ru

Irina S. Bondarenko, Cand. Sci. (Есоn.), Senior Lecturer at the Department of World Economy and International Business, Tyumen State University; bondarenkois@yandex.ru

Abstract:

The article presents the analysis of theoretical heritage of the main scientific works on population shift by foreign scientists: Е. Ravenstein, Е. Lee, J. Harris, М. Todaro, W. Thomas and F. Znaniecki (The Polish Peasant in Europe and America), R. Park, E. Berdzhess, R. McKenzie (The City: Suggestions for the Study of Human Nature in the Urban Environment), J. K. Galbrait; and national scientists: Zh. A. Zayonchkovskaya (New Settlers in Cities), T. I. Zaslavskaya (Migration of Rural People: Purposes, Tasks and Methods of Regulation), V. I. Perevedentsev (Migration Studying Methods), L. L. Rybakovsky (Regional Analysis of Migration), B. S. Khorev (Migration Studying Problems) etc. 
The authors consider the main stages of population shift studying within which the specifics of migratory processes in the society of the ХХ — early ХХI centuries are revealed and the features of the present stage are outlined. The activities of national scientific centers studying this problem are analyzed: 1) The team of sociologists headed by T. I. Zaslavskaya; 
2) The Center for Population Studies of the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; 
3) The Center for Migration Studies of the Institute of Sociological Researches of the USSR Academy of Sciences; 4) The Laboratory of Migration Analysis and Forecast of the Institute of Economic Forecast of the Russian Academy of Sciences; 5) Scientific personnel of the Institute of International Economic and Political Research.

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