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International migration in the age of crisis and globalization : historical and recent experiences
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ISBN: 9780521142489 9780521194259 0521194253 9780511761690 9780511776748 0511776748 0511774168 9780511774164 0511761694 9786612658013 6612658010 1816045004 9781816045003 0521142482 1107712874 1282658018 0511775989 0511773099 0511775229 9780511775222 Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,

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The international mobility of people and elites is a main feature of the global economy of today. Immigration augments the labor force in receiving countries and provides many of the bodies and minds that are essential to any vibrant economy. This book is based on a blend of theory, varied country examples, and rich historical material ranging from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. It discusses the conceptual underpinnings of the push and pull factors of current migration waves and their impacts for development on the source and receiving countries. The analysis reviews the historical context under which various migration experiences have taken place - both in periods of internationalism and nationalism - in order to contribute to debates on the desirability of and tensions and costs involved in the current process of international migration.


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Chile and the neoliberal trap : the post-Pinochet era
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ISBN: 9781107003545 9781139035071 9781107415515 113903507X 1107003547 9781139376884 1139376888 9786613684325 6613684325 1107415519 1107226953 9781107226951 1139365770 9781139365772 1280773553 9781280773556 1139378317 9781139378314 1139375458 9781139375450 1139371460 9781139371469 1139379747 9781139379748 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press,

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This book analyzes Chile's political economy over the last 30 years and the country's attempt to build a market society in a highly inegalitarian society, now as a member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The investigation provides a historical background of Chilean economy and society and discusses the cultural underpinnings of the imposition of free markets, the macroeconomic and growth performance of the 1990s and 2000s and the social record of privatization of education, health and social security. The treatment documents the growing concentration of economic power among small groups of elites in Chile and discusses the limits of the democratic system built after the departure of the Pinochet regime.

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