Emigration and Political Development

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-521-19543-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 659 g

While policy makers, international organizations and academics are increasingly aware of the economic effects of emigration, the potential political effects remain understudied. This book maps the nature of the relationship that links emigration and political development. Jonathon W. Moses explores the nature of political development, arguing that emigration influences political development. In particular, he introduces a new cross-national database of annual emigration rates and analyzes specific cases of international emigration (and out-migration within countries) under varying political and economic contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moses, Jonathon W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Toward political development; 3. Linking emigration to political development; 4. Global connections; 5. The free migration regime before WWI; 6. Guest-worker programs after WWII; 7. Limited mobility in the world today; 8. Internal migration; 9. Fellow travellers; 10. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Moses, Jonathon W.
Jonathon W. Moses is currently a professor of political science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where he has taught since 1993. Moses has published several books including Ways of Knowing (2007), International Migration: Globalization's Last Frontier (2006) and Norwegian Catch-up: Development and Globalization before World War II (2005). He is a co-editor of European Political Science (EPS). Among his research interests are globalization, international migration, social democracy and the European Union. Among other places, his articles have appeared in the pages of World Development, the Journal of Common Market Studies and Politics and Society.