ISBN:
9780191533396
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (407 pages)
Series Statement:
International Studies in Demography Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.82
Keywords:
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
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Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
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Globalization
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Electronic books
Abstract:
International Migration: Prospects and Policies offers a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of global patterns of international migration and the policies employed to manage the flows. It shows that international migration is not rooted in poverty or rapid population growth, but in the expansion and consolidation of global markets. The insertion of non-market societies into global networks of trade unleashes structural transformations that displace people to createmigrants. Globalization also creates infrastructures of transportation, communication, and social networks to put developed societies within reach. In the latter, aging populations and segmenting markets create a persistent demand for immigrant workers. All these trends are likely to intensify in the coming yearsto make immigration policy a key political issue in the twenty-first century. -;International Migration: Prospects and Policies offers a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of global patterns of international migration and the policies employed to manage the flows. It shows that international migration is not rooted in poverty or rapid population growth, but in the expansion and consolidation of global markets. As nations are structurally transformed by their incorporation into global markets, people are displaced from traditional livelihoods and becomeinternational migrants. In seeking to work abroad, they do not necessarily move to the closest or richest destination, but to places already connected to their countries of origin socially, economically, and politically. When they move, migrants rely heavily on social networks created by earlier waves ofimmigrants, and, in recent years, professional migration brokers have become increasingly common.Developing countries generally benefit from international migration because migrant savings and remittances provide foreign earnings to
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1. Introduction -- PART I. PROSPECTS -- 2. Population Growth and International Migration -- 3. The Effects of Political and Economic Transition on International Migration in Central and Eastern Europe -- 4. Trends in International Migration in and from Africa -- 5. International Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Emerging Trends and Issues -- 6. Immigration and the Labor Market in Metropolitan Buenos Aires -- 7. Mexican Migration to the United States: The Effect of NAFTA -- 8. Immigrants in the U.S. Economy -- PART II. POLICIES IN SENDING NATIONS -- 9. Remittances, Savings, and Development in Migrant-Sending Areas -- 10. Labor Export Strategies in Asia -- 11. The Role of Recruiters in Labor Migration -- 12. Return Migration in the Philippines: Issues and Policies -- 13. International Migration, Identity, and Development in Oceania: A Synthesis of Ideas -- PART III. POLICIES IN RECEIVING NATIONS -- 14. Have the Occupational Skills of New Immigrants to the United States Declined Over Time? Evidence from the Immigrant Cohorts of 1977, 1982, and 1994 -- 15. Admissions Policies in Europe -- 16. A New Paradigm for the European Asylum Regime -- 17. Immigrants and the Welfare State in Europe -- 18. The Legacy of Welfare Reform for U.S. Immigrants -- 19. Controlling International Migration through Enforcement: The Case of the United States -- PART IV. PROSPECTS AND POLICIES RECONSIDERED -- 20. Back to the Future: Immigration Research, Immigration Policy, and Globalization in the Twenty-first Century -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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