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

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Bangkok, Thailand : White Lotus ; Black Point, N.S. : Fernwood Pub. ; Bangalore, India : Books for Change ; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : SIRD ; Cape Town, South Africa : David Philip ; London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	325 M911I	Check Shelf

Description	xiv, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Series	Global issues
	Global issues series (Zed Books)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject	Emigration and immigration.
ISBN	1842776584 hardback Zed
	9781842776582 hardback Zed
	1842776592 paperback Zed
	9781842776599 paperback Zed
	1552661946 Fernwood
	9781552661949 Fernwood
	1842776282 hardback Zed
	9781842776285 hardback Zed
Standard No.	9781842776282 (hbk. : Zed)
	9781842776599 (pbk. : Zed)

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