Speranta Dumitru, How to Attract Immigrants? Pull Factors in Past Theories - PhilArchive
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The push-pull model feels modern, but this article uncovers its surprisingly ancient roots — and asks whether our go-to framework for migration is really as new as we think.
Push-Pull TheoryMigration TheoryHistorical InstitutionalismRational Choice Theory
Theory Briefing
- Dumitru challenges the assumption that push-pull theory is a modern framework by tracing its intellectual origins far back in history.
- Past thinkers debated how states could actively attract immigrants, revealing that pull-factor logic predates contemporary migration studies by centuries.
- Reframing migration theory as historically layered changes how we evaluate today's policy tools for drawing in or repelling newcomers.