Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-152) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Werner Sengenberger -- Globalization in Perspective -- What Is Globalization? -- Globalization in History -- A Global Consciousness -- The Modern Era -- The Retreat of the State -- Convergence and Divergence -- The First Era of Convergence--Europe Catches Up -- The Second Era of Convergence--Barriers Fall in Europe -- Divergence Between OECD Countries and the Rest of the World -- The New Age of Migration -- International Wage Disparities -- Modern Migration Patterns -- Sending Goods Instead of People -- The Real World -- The New, New Economic Order -- The Effect of Trade on Overall Employment in Industrial Countries -- The Effect of Trade on Immigrant Employment in Industrial Countries -- The Impact of Free Trade on Emigration -- Export-Led Growth to Keep Immigrants at Home -- Links Between Industrial-Country Exports and Immigration -- Capital to Workers, Not Workers to Capital -- Equity and Debt -- Foreign Direct Investment -- Export-Processing Zones -- Reducing International Wage Disparities Through Migration -- The Effect of Emigration on Sending Countries -- The Effect of Immigration on Labor Markets in Receiving Countries -- The Effect of Immigration on Economic Growth -- The Shock of the New -- Political Disruption -- Economic Disruption -- Social Disruption -- The Migration Hump -- The International Skill Exchange -- The Brain Drain -- The Globalization of Education -- Transnational Employers -- Return Migration -- The New Skill Exchange -- Lubricating the Flow -- Messages from the Media.