Resumen

CANALES, Alejandro I.. La migración en la reproducción de la sociedad global. Migr. desarro [online]. 2013, vol.11, n.21, pp.09-41. ISSN 1870-7599.

In this paper we present a theoretical and methodological model for the analysis and understanding of migration in contemporary society. Our thesis is that at present, the international migration phenomenon from different areas and from different levels, contributes to the structuring of contemporary society. To understand this process, we propose to analyze migration as a factor in the reproduction of society, and thereby, their transformation. Certainly, the reproduction model sets a great puzzle with many pieces, many of which also overlap and enshrine in more than one way. In our case, we discuss only three of them, corresponding to migration as a factor in population reproduction, reproduction of capital, and reproduction of class structures and social inequality. With this model, we advance the understanding not only of migration, but also, and through it, in a better understanding of contemporary society itself. In this sense, we identify the position, function, and contradictions that migration presents in each of these three great moments of the reproduction of society: demography, economics, and the social class structure.

Palabras llave : theory of migration; social reproduction; reproduction of population; reproduction of capital; globalization.