Global movements in the Asia Pacific [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Pookong Kee, Hidetaka Yoshimatsu

• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/25
• Soggetto topico: Globalization - Social aspects - Asia; Globalization - Social aspects - Pacific Area
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Emigration and immigration; Pacific Area Emigration and immigration; Asia Foreign economic relations; Pacific Area Foreign economic relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KeePookong YoshimatsuHidetaka
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; About the Authors and Editors; Introduction; Globalization and Global Movements; Human Movement and Technology; Dynamics of Migration: Households, Gender and Ethnicity; Labor Markets and Remittances; Production and Trade; Logistics and Transport; Architects and the Urban Landscape; Conclusion; References; Chapter 1: Brain Drain, Brain Gain, and Brain Circulation in a Half-GlobalizedWorld Yuan T. Lee; Reference; Chapter 2: Transnational Business and Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific Alfonso T. Yuchengco; The Phenomenon of Globalization; The Globalist Revival in Our Time ; Beneficiaries of our new episode of globalizationTransnational Business in a "Flat"World; This new episode of globalization might give the world economy its biggest stimulus yet; The Balance of Economic Power is Shifting to the "Emerging Economies"; The Political Implications of Economic Globalization; Globalization's Positive Effects on Relationships Between the Big Powers; Leveraging economic power for political goals; Diplomacy in this ChangingWorld; The problem of the economies being left behind; Economic migrants flowing to the rich countries; Deadlock in the Doha Round of theWTO ; Small States are Forming Regional Communities to Gain Economies of ScaleASEAN-10 plus China conclude a free-trade pact; The Future of Transnational Business and Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific; Toward an Asia-Pacific Community; The Pacific peace will be built on the balance of mutual benefit; References; Chapter 3: International Mobility of the Highly Skilled: The Role of the Global Knowledge Network Yasuo Uchida; The Global Knowledge Economy and Professional Networking; The Definition of the Highly Skilled; Brain Circulation in Taiwan; The International Mobility of the Highly Skilled in Japan ; ConclusionReferences; Chapter 4: International Migration in Asia and the Pacific: Key Features and the Role of the United Nations Keiko Osaki; Contemporary International Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region; Key Features of International Migration; Debates on International Migration and Development at the United Nations; References; Chapter 5: Globalizing Householding: Toward a Multicultural Age in East Asia Mike Douglass; The Household and Globalization; Global Householding in East Asia; Marriage; Bearing and adopting children; Child rearing and education ; Daily household maintenance and reproductionLabor migrant and household remittances; Retirees and the elderly: foreign care givers and retiree emigration from East Asia; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Migration Policy: Major Issues for Japan and Other OECD Countries Susumu Yamagami; Introduction; The Current Status of International Migration; Immigrants in OECD Countries; Factors Affecting the Migration Policies of OECD Countries; Immigration Control Policies Undertaken by OECD Countries; Employer sanctions; Human smuggling and trafficking; Increasing numbers of asylum seekers ; Strengthening Immigration Control and Amnesty for Illegal Migrants
• Sommario/riassunto: The Asia-Pacific region is rapidly becoming the main area of growth in the global economy in the 21st century. Recent developments in the movement of people, goods, services, and information are closely linked to the latest round of globalization, of which the effects on this region are particularly dramatic. The papers in this volume are by leading scholars, business leaders and government officials from the region. They include Yuan-Tseh Lee, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, who reflects on the global flow of knowledge and talent; and Alfonso Yuchengco, one of the region's most respected b
• Titolo autorizzato: Global movements in the Asia Pacific
• ISBN: 1-282-76045-9; 9786612760457; 981-283-374-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455624803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II