1st Edition

Globalisation and Migration New Issues, New Politics

Edited By Ronaldo Munck Copyright 2009
250 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

249 Pages
by Routledge

This book critically examines the new issues and new politics regarding migration in the era of globalisation from a majority world perspective. It examines the current shifts in the global political economy and the effects it has, for example, in relation to rural displacement. When and how does this lead to national and/or transnational migration? We need to examine the ways in which... Read more

1. Globalisation, Governance and Migration: An Introduction Ronaldo Munck  2. Globalisation, International Labour Migration and the Rights of Migrant Workers Piyasiri Wickramasekara  3. The Ideal Immigrant? Gendered class subjects in Philippine–Canada migration Pauline Gardiner Barber  4. Feminisation of Migration and the Social Dimensions of Development: The Asian Case Nicola Piper  5. The Myth of Invasion: The Inconvenient Realities of African Migration to Europe Hein de Haas  6. Globalisation and Migrant Labour in a ‘Rainbow Nation’: A Fortress South Africa? Nicos Trimikliniotis, Steven Gordon and Brian Zondo  7. ‘Keeping Them in Their Place’: The Ambivalent Relationship between Development and Migration in Africa Oliver Bakewell  8. Capitalist Restructuring, Development and Labour Migration: The Mexico–US Case Raul Delgado Wise and Humberto Marquez Covarrubias  9. The Violence of Development and the Migration/Insecurities Nexus: Labour Migration in a North American Context Marianne H. Marchand  10. ‘Remittances are Beautiful’? Gender Implications of the New Global Remittances Trend Rahel Kunz  11. Development and Return Migration: From Policy Panacea to Migrant Perspective Sustainability Marieke van Houte and Tine Davids  12. Migrant Workers in the ILO’s Global Alliance Against Forced Labour Report: A Critical Appraisal Ben Rogaly  13. Towards a Theory of Illegal Migration: Historical and Structural Components Martin Baldwin-Edwards

Biography

Ronaldo Munck works at Dublin City University where he leads internationalisation and social development. He has written widely on labour and on development issues over the years including Globalisation and Labour: The new ‘Great Transformation (2003). His work has been widely translated. He now works on trade union responses to migration.