The Human Face of Global Mobility

Autorentext

Adrian Favell

Klappentext

Alongside flows of trade and capital, the free movement of professionals, technical personnel, and students is seen as a key aspect of globalization

Inhalt

1: The Human Face of Global Mobility: A Research Agenda; 1: Global and Regional Contexts; 2: The Competition State and Multilateral Liberalization of Highly Skilled Migration; 3: From Migrants to Movers: Citizenship and Mobility in the European Union; 2: Highly Skilled Migration in the United States; 4: "The Best and the Brightest": Immigrant Professionals in the U.S.; 5: Disaggregating Immigration Policy: The Politics of Skilled Labor Recruitment in the U.S.; 6: Interests and Institutions in Skilled Migration: Comparing Flows in the IT and Nursing Sectors in the U.S.; 3: The Human Face of Global Mobility; 7: Symbolic Analysts or Indentured Servants? Indian High-Tech Migrants in America's Information Economy; 8: Students without Borders? Migratory Decision-Making among International Graduate Students in the U.S.; 9: Wired for Work: Highly Skilled Employment and Global Mobility in Mobile Telecommunications Multinationals; 10: London as Eurocity: French Free Movers in the Economic Capital of Europe