International migration : globalization's last frontier /: globalization's last frontier. ([2008?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jonathon W. Moses.
• Authors: Moses, Jonathon Wayne, 1962-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 325; Emigration and immigration; Émigration et immigration; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration; Emigration and immigration; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848131057; 1848131054
• Related ISBNs: 9781842776582; 1842776584; 9781842776599; 1842776592; 9781552661949; 1552661946
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.