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

By: Moses, Jonathon W Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Zed Books, 2006Description: xiv, 253 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN: 9781842776582Subject(s): Emigration and immigration | Forced migrationDDC classification: 325

Contents:

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	325 MOS/I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P11862

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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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