| Autore |
Moses Jonathon Wayne <1962->
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Bangkok, Thailand, : White Lotus
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (277 p.)
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| Disciplina |
325
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| Collana |
Global issues
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| Soggetto topico |
Emigration and immigration
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| ISBN |
1-350-22080-9
1-84813-709-5
1-78032-697-1
1-281-25900-4
9786611259006
1-84813-105-4
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
1. Introduction -- A timely argument... -- ...a good argument... -- ...but a difficult argument -- 2. Two paradoxes of globalization -- Economic inequalities -- Political inequalities -- Growing demand for migration -- 3. Some historical perspective -- Migration in the long arc of history -- The mercantilist period -- The liberal period -- The new liberal period -- Conclusion -- 4. The moral argument -- Mobility as a universal right -- The instrumentalist argument -- Conclusion -- 5. A political argument -- The problem with closed borders : the case of apartheid -- A market-based approach -- The political benefits of free migration -- 6. An economic argument -- Host-country benefits -- Sending-country benefits -- International benefits -- Conclusion -- 7. Who opposes free migration? -- Public opinion -- The undying state -- Diffuse and particular interests -- 8. Questioning conventional wisdom -- The great flood of immigrants -- Brain drain -- Migration's effect on culture -- The challenge of political realism -- Security concerns -- 9. Conclusion and policy responses -- Policy responses -- Broadening the debate.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910170996403321 |
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