ISSUES OF FORCED RELOCATION AND MIGRATION OF CULTURAL GROUPS
Joseph E.
Trimble
Battelle Human Affairs
Seattle,
As a general theme,
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migration has received a great deal
ef attention by social scientists in the past few decades’
(Mangalam,
1968;
Price and Sikes,
1974).
Research emphasis
has
been placed on assessing adjustment patterns of persons migrating
from rural to urban areas.
Review of major themes in migration
Literature suggests that often the choice to move is voluntary,
prompted by inadequate community services,
dissatisfaction wit
living arrangements, or search for employment opportunities.
Once settled,
migrants undergo a series of adjustments that
vary according to race,
religious affiliation,
and socioeconomic status
(Price and Sikes,
ethnic background
1974).
For purposes of discussion and illustration,
to specify classes of migration.
Heberle
classify migration as involuntary,
(1955)
it 1S important
prefers to
voluntary and semivoluntary,
appealing to a group's decision-making power as the main basis for
movement.
Petersen
(1958)
makes
a uSeful distinction between
ty am indebted to the following for their insightful criticisms and comments:
Juris Draguns,
Pennsylvania State University;
Robert Kiste and Joseph Westermeyer both at the University of
Minnesota;
Affairs
and Michael Wood and Michael Micklin at Battelle Human
Research Centers.
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