Ethnic Groups in Motion: Economic Competition and Migration in Multi-Ethnic States

by Bookman; Milica Z.

• ISBN13: 9780714652313
• ISBN10: 0714652318
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

During a single month in the year 2000, the following seemingly unrelated events occurred across the world. In Kosovo, Serbs and Albanians continued to evict each other from their respective homes. In China, the regulation of internal migration by the central authorities was being reconsidered as Uygur Muslims protested the reigns on their mobility. In Austria, Jorg Haider of the Freedom Party came to power advocating the repatriation of immigrants from Eastern Europe. In the United States, Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, testified before Congress that it may be necessary to loosen immigration regulations to enable foreign labour to satisfy the demands of the growing US economy. These events share a common denominator, namely the movement of populations. Whether voluntary or involuntary, induced or restricted, domestic or international, large-scale population movements are a feature of the world at the turn of the new millennium. This title focuses on one aspect of migration, namely itsethnic competition. Rather than observe population movements in general, the study is limited to the movements of specific ethnic groups. It explores the role played by ethnicity in determining which groups move and which groups stay, and contributes to the dialogue on the resolution of inter-ethnic conflict by exploring several chains in the link between harmony and disharmony.

Author Biography

Milica Z. Bookman is Professor of Economics at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. viii
List of tables	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Introduction: Interethnic Competition, Economic Change, and Labor Migration	p. 1
Interethnic Competition During Economic Decline	p. 30
Interethnic Competition During Economic Growth	p. 85
Voluntary Migration: Capacities and Incentives	p. 111
Involuntary Migration: Ethnic Dilution, Consolidation, and Cleansing	p. 139
Domestic Regulation of Migration: Inducements and Impediments	p. 159
International Regulation of Migration: Immigration and Emigration Policies	p. 185
Interethnic Conflict: an Inevitable Consequence?	p. 214
Index	p. 241
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