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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824990703321

Autore

Mosk Carl

Titolo

Trade and migration in the modern world [[electronic resource] /] / Carl Mosk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-21662-9

1-281-15814-3

9786611158149

0-203-01659-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 55

Disciplina

304.8

Soggetti

International economic relations

Globalization

International trade

Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects

Commercial policy

Emigration and immigration - Government policy

Infrastructure (Economics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Half Title:Trade and Migration in the Modern; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I; 1 Globalization, trade, and migration; 2 Demographic openness and trade openness; 3 Crossover; 4 Emigration and immigration; Part II; 5 The British connection; 6 A splendid isolation; Part III; 7 Into the maelstrom: the political economy that battled diversity and openness; 8 An open world being born; 9 Conclusions; Appendix A.1 The data; Appendix A.2 The statistical analysis; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Revolutionized by the growing use of fossil fuels and electricity and the reduced costs of transportation and communications, international trade and migration has received an unprecedented boost in recent years. Using a theory of economic and political gravitation, backed up with both quantitative analysis and qualitative description, Mosk argues



that the tendency for trade and migration to flow together is tempered by market forces and political resistance to diversity in migration. This results in a glaring paradox: the political arenas of nation states are divided between embracing and