Challenges of Globalization: Immigration, Social Welfare, Global Governance

by Andrew Sobel (Editor)

Overview

This book offers a significant contribution to the globalization debate, and examines the complexities surrounding modern globalization. It will be of great interest to scholars of international political economy, international relations and globalization studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135216948
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/10/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Andrew Sobel

Table of Contents

1. Opportunities and challenges 2. Sustainable labor migration policies in a globalizing world 3. The last bastions of state sovereignty: Immigration and nationality go global 4. The era of free migration: Lessons for today 5. Cultural communities in a global labor market: Immigration restrictions as residential segregation 6. Economics versus identity: Mass and elite attitudes toward trade, migration, and outsourcing 7. Globalization and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean 8. Capital mobility and state social welfare provisions in the late 1800s 9. Global governance redefined