Migration [electronic resource] : changing the world / Guy Arnold.

ISBN:

9781849647014

Title:

Author:

Arnold, Guy.

Personal Author:

Arnold, Guy.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Contents:

The United States -- Mexico -- Canada and the Caribbean -- South America -- The European Union -- Britain -- France and Germany -- Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece -- Europe's small developed states -- East Europe, Turkey -- Russia -- Africa and Europe -- Sudan and the Horn of Africa -- The Congo, Rwanda, Burundi -- West Africa -- Southern Africa -- China -- India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka -- Southeast Asia -- Southwest Asia : the Gulf, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran -- The Asian periphery : Japan, South Korea and Australia -- Tentative conclusions.

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Subject Term:

Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.

Migration, Internal -- Social aspects.

Migration, Internal -- Economic aspects.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2012

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Summary

Constant migration is a worldwide phenomenon that creates sharp divisions between those who accept the need for migrants and welcome the contributions they make and those who oppose them on xenophobic grounds. Guy Arnold provides a comprehensive survey of the consequences of migration.

Arnold studies both the massive internal migrations in China and India that drive economic development and the influx of cheap labour into the advanced economies of the USA and EU. He shows that migrants are essential to advanced countries, filling skills gaps and bolstering ageing and static populations. He argues that the constant flow of people in all directions should be welcomed as a positive assault upon outdated, narrow nationalism.

Packed with statistics that support the argument that migration is a force for positive change, Arnold's analysis will be an excellent resource for journalists, policy makers and students of sociology, human geography and anthropology.