International migration : globalization's last frontier / / Jonathon W. Moses

• Autore: Moses Jonathon Wayne <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Bangkok, Thailand, : White Lotus; Black Point, Nova Scotia, : Fernwood Publishing; Bangalore, India, : Books for Change; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, : SIRD; Cape Town, South Africa, : David Philip; London ; ; New York, : Zed Books; New York, : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 325
• Soggetto topico: Emigration and immigration
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation
• Titolo autorizzato: International migration
• ISBN: 1-350-22080-9; 1-84813-709-5; 1-78032-697-1; 1-281-25900-4; 9786611259006; 1-84813-105-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910170996403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global issues series (Zed Books)