Exceptional people : how migration shaped our world and will define our future
Ian Goldin, Geoffrey Cameron, and Meera Balarajan
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , cop. 2011
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| Omfang | XV, 371 s. : ill.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: PAST; 1 Migration from Prehistory to Columbus; Early Migration; Connecting Humanity; Migration and Humanity; 2 Global Migrations: Toward a World Economy; The Age of Exploration; Imperialism and Coercion; Unfree Migrations: Slavery and Indentured Labor; Global "Free" Migrations (ca. 1840-1914); Builders of the Modern World; 3 "Managed" Migration in the Twentieth Century (1914-1973); The End of the Liberal Period; The Interwar Period: Economic Decline and Regulated Migration; Post-WWII Migrations. - Finding Reasons to RegulatePART II: PRESENT; 4 Leaving Home: Migration Decisions and Processes; Micro-Level: Individuals and Families; Meso-Level: Networks and Systems; Macro-Level: Demographic, Political, and Economic Conditions; Individual, Society, and National Influences; 5 Immigration and Border Control; Channels and Flows of Migration; Economic Migration; Social Migration; Refugee Migration; Border Control; Beyond Border Controls; 6 The Impacts of Migration; Impacts on Receiving Countries; Impacts on Sending Countries; Impacts on Migrants; Impacts on Societies and Migrants. - PART III: FUTURE7 The Future of Migration; The Backdrop of Globalization; Supply of Migrants; Demand for Migrants; 8 A Global Migration Agenda; Thought Experiments; A Long-Term Vision of Freer Movement; Principles for Global Migration; The Need for Global Leadership; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. - Throughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to migrate will only increase. Exceptional People provides a long-term and global perspective on the implications and policy options for societies the world over. Challenging the received wisdom that a dramatic growth in migration is undesirable, the book proposes new approaches for governance that w
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| Emner | Emigration and immigration
Historisk framstilling History Immigration & Emigration Vis mer... Law, Politics & Government
Migrasjon Migration Political Science Globalisering Innvandring Utvandring migranter emigrasjon immigrasjon flyktninger etnisitet globalisering migrasjon statsborgerskap kultur identitet |
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| ISBN | 9780691145723. - 9780691156316
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