Exceptional people : how migration shaped our world and will define our future /
From the publisher. 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 mo...
| Основен автор: | Goldin, Ian, 1955- |
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| Други автори: | Cameron, Geoffrey., Balarajan, Meera. |
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
c2011.
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Book jacket |
Съдържание:
- Part I. Past : Migration from prehistory to Columbus : Early migrations ; Connecting humanity ; Migration and humanity
- 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
- "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 regulate
- Part II. Present : 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
- Immigration and border control : Channels and flows of migration ; Economic migration ; Social migration ; Refugee migration ; Border control ; Beyond border controls
- The impacts of migration : Impacts on receiving countries ; Impacts on sending countries ; Impacts on migrants ; Impacts on societies and migrants
- Part III. Future : The future of migration : The backdrop of globalization ; Supply of migrants ; Demands for migrants
- A global migration agenda : Thought experiments ; A long-term vision of freer movement ; Principles for global migration ; The need for global leadership.