Capital accumulation and migration

Canterbury, Dennis C. (Dennis Compton) 1953- (Author).

Summary: In Capital Accumulation and Migration Dennis C. Canterbury explores the subject of capital accumulation and migration under neoliberal capitalism.

Record details

OCLC: ocn808437850
ISBN: 9004230386
ISBN: 9789004230385
ISBN: 9004230394
ISBN: 9789004230392
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

1. Migration and Capital Accumulation -- Introduction -- Argument, Method and Hypothesis -- Development-cum-Globalization -- Politics, Development and Migration -- Structure and Organization -- PART ONE. : MIGRATION THEORY: EARLY ROOTS -- 2. Classical Political Economy to Neoliberal Theory -- Introduction -- The Classical Model, Development and Migration -- Marx's Economic Theory and Migration -- The Neoclassical "Revolution" -- The Keynesian "Revolution" -- Development Economics and Migration -- Neoliberal Theory and Migration -- Conclusion.
3. Poor Economic Growth with Increased ImmigrationIntroduction -- Economic Theories of Migration: Push-Pull Approaches -- Alternative Question and Counter-Proposition -- Companies Hiring Illegal Immigrants -- Foreign-Born Workers in the US Labor Force 2007 and 2010 -- Economic Growth and Unemployment 2000-2009 -- Layofffs and Separations 2007-2009 -- Industry Distribution of 2008 Mass Layofffs and Separations -- Increased Migration During the Great Recession 2007-2009 -- Caribbean Migration to the US 2000-2009 -- Conclusion -- PART TWO. : NEOLIBERAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF MIGRATION.
4. Liberalization and Financialization of MigrationIntroduction -- Lab or. Mobility and Capitalist Globalization -- The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and Migration -- "The Great Financialization" -- The Financialization of Migration -- Conclusion -- 5. The Development Impact of Remittances and Diasporas -- Introduction -- Diasporas and Entrepreneurship -- Remittance and Neoliberal Capitalist Development -- Diasporas Role in Neoliberal Economic and Social Development -- Typologies of Diasporas Engaged in Development -- Critique of the Development Impact of Remittances and Diasporas.
Remittances, Diasporas and Power: An Alternative ViewConclusion -- 6. The Millennium Development Goals Impact of Migration -- Introduction -- Description of the Millennium Development Goals -- The Impact of Migration on the MDGs -- Migration and the Limitations of the MDGs -- Conclusion -- 7. The Human Development Impact of Migration -- Introduction -- On Theories of Human Development -- Human Development Approach in Development Studies -- Migration and Human Development -- The Impact of Migration on Human Development -- Migration and Cost -- Migration as a Cost Saving Device -- Financial Costs of Moving.
Migration, Cell-Phones, Money Transfer Costs and Human DevelopmentMigration and Health -- The Human Development Perspective -- Health and Low-Skilled Workers -- The Migration of Health Professionals -- Migration and Human Rights -- Policy Reforms for Human Development Impact of Migration -- Conclusion -- PART THREE. : FAULT LINES IN NEOLIBERAL VIEWS ON MIGRATION -- 8. Migration Fault-lines under Neoliberal Globalization -- Introduction -- Contradictions in the Neoliberal Approach to Migration -- The Israeli Separation Walls with Egypt and Palestine -- Current US-Mexico Border Issues.
The US -- Mexico Border Fence: "The Great Wall of Mexico."