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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823626003321

Autore

Brock Gillian

Titolo

Debating brain drain : may governments restrict emigration? / / Gillian Brock, Michael Blake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-19-023714-7

0-19-931561-2

0-19-931563-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Debating ethics

Disciplina

331.12/791

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects

Emigration and immigration - Government policy

Brain drain - Government policy - Developing countries

Manpower policy - Developing countries

Skilled labor - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Series; Debating Brain Drain; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Brain Drain and  Global Justice by Gillian Brock and Michael Blake; Part I by Gillian Brock; 1 Introduction to Part I; 2 What Does Global Justice Require?; 3 Prosperity in Developing Countries, the Effects Departing Individuals Have on Those Left Behind, and Some Policy Options; 4 Whose Responsibility Is It to Remedy Losses Caused by the Departure of Skilled Migrants?; 5 Consideration of Central Anticipated Objections; 6 Summary of Conclusions from Part I; Part II by Michael Blake; 7 The Right to Leave: Looking Back

8 The Right to Leave: Looking Forward9 The Right to Leave and What Remains; Part III Responses; 10 Brock Responds to Blake; 11 Blake Responds to Brock; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many of the best and brightest citizens of developing countries choose to emigrate to wealthier societies, taking their skills and educations with them. What do these people owe to their societies of origin? May developing societies legitimately demand that their citizens use their



skills to improve life for their fellow citizens? Are these societies ever permitted to prevent their own citizens from emigrating? These questions are increasingly important, as the gap between rich and poor societies widens, and as the global migration of skilled professionals intensifies. This volume addresses th