Mexican Migration to the United States: A Critical Review
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Latin American Research Review
- Vol. 27 (2) , 3-42
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0023879100016770
Abstract
Although social scientists usually do not speak in terms of laws, they believe they are at least able to make valid empirical generalizations. In studies of Mexican migration to the United States, for example, generalizations drawn from the research literature abound. Thus the problem is not that generalizations are lacking but that they are frequently inconsistent and contradictory. Often such inferences are simply invalid because they are based less on evidence than on the investigator's own preconceptions. As a result, the field of Mexican migration studies has been plagued by a fragmented debate that seems to go on and on without resolution.Keywords
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