Workers without Frontiers: The Impact of Globalisation on International Migration

by Stalker, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781555878818
• ISBN10: 1555878814
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-11-30
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Foreword	xi
Werner Sengenberger
Globalization in Perspective	1	(10)
What Is Globalization?	2	(1)
Globalization in History	3	(3)
A Global Consciousness	6	(2)
The Modern Era	8	(1)
The Retreat of the State	9	(1)
Conclusion	10	(1)
Convergence and Divergence	11	(10)
The First Era of Convergence---Europe Catches Up	11	(3)
The Second Era of Convergence---Barriers Fall in Europe	14	(3)
Divergence Between OECD Countries and the Rest of the World	17	(1)
Conclusion	18	(3)
The New Age of Migration	21	(14)
International Wage Disparities	21	(5)
Modern Migration Patterns	26	(7)
Conclusion	33	(2)
Sending Goods Instead of People	35	(24)
The Real World	35	(1)
The New, New Economic Order	36	(2)
The Effect of Trade on Overall Employment in Industrial Countries	38	(3)
The Effect of Trade on Immigrant Employment in Industrial Countries	41	(6)
The Impact of Free Trade on Emigration	47	(4)
Export-Led Growth to Keep Immigrants at Home	51	(5)
Links Between Industrial-Country Exports and Immigration	56	(1)
Conclusion	57	(2)
Capital to Workers, Not Workers to Capital	59	(16)
Equity and Debt	59	(5)
Foreign Direct Investment	64	(5)
Export-Processing Zones	69	(3)
Conclusion	72	(3)
Reducing International Wage Disparities Through Migration	75	(18)
The Effect of Emigration on Sending Countries	75	(7)
The Effect of Immigration on Labor Markets in Receiving Countries	82	(8)
The Effect of Immigration on Economic Growth	90	(1)
Conclusion	91	(2)
The Shock of the New	93	(14)
Political Disruption	95	(3)
Economic Disruption	98	(2)
Social Disruption	100	(3)
The Migration Hump	103	(1)
Conclusion	103	(4)
The International Skill Exchange	107	(10)
The Brain Drain	107	(1)
The Globalization of Education	108	(1)
Transnational Employers	109	(3)
Return Migration	112	(1)
The New Skill Exchange	113	(1)
Conclusion	114	(3)
Lubricating the Flow	117	(14)
Messages from the Media	117	(1)
Telecommunications and Transportation	118	(2)
Migrant Networks	120	(2)
The Migration Industry	122	(6)
Conclusion	128	(3)
The Demand for Immigrants	131	(8)
The Persistence of the Dual Labor Market	132	(3)
The Demographic Factor	135	(2)
Conclusion	137	(2)
A Question of Time	139	(2)
Bibliography	141	(12)
Index	153	(10)
About the Book	163