Global migration governance / edited by Alexander Betts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Betts, Alexander, 1980-

Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--International cooperation.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

xxi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Unlike many other trans-boundary policy areas, international migration lacks coherent global governance. There is no United Nations migration organization and states have signed relatively few multilateral treaties on migration. Instead sovereign states generally decide their own immigration policies. However, given the growing politicization of migration and the recognition that states cannot always address migration in isolation from one another, a debate has emerged about what type of international institutions and cooperation are required to meet the challenges of international migration. Until now, though, that emerging debate on global migration governance has lacked a clear analytical understanding of what global migration governance actually is, the politics underlying it, and the basis on which we can make claims about what 'better' migration governance might look like.

In order to address this gap, the book brings together a group of the world's leading experts on migration to consider the global governance of different aspects of migration. The chapters offer an accessible introduction to the global governance of low-skilled labour migration, high-skilled labour migration, irregular migration, international travel, lifestyle migration, environmental migration, refugees, internally displaced persons, human trafficking and smuggling, remittances, diasporas, and root causes. Each of the chapters explores the three same broad questions: What, institutionally, is the global governance of migration in that area? Why, politically, does that type of governance exist? How, normatively, can we ground claims about the type of global governance that should exist in that area? Collectively, the chapters enhance our understanding of the international politics of migration and set out a vision for international cooperation on migration. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Low-Skilled labour Migration / Christiane Kuptsch Kuptsch, Christiane, Philip Martin Martin, Philip 34

2 High-Skilled Labour Migration / Alexander Betts Betts, Alexander, Lucie Cerna Cerna, Lucie 60

3 Irregular Migration / Franck Düvell Düvell, Franck 78

4 International Travel / Rey Koslowski Koslowski, Rey 109

5 Lifestyle Migration / Caroline Oliver Oliver, Caroline 133

6 Environmental Migration / Jane McAdam McAdam, Jane 153

7 UNHCR and the Global Governance of Refugees / Gil Loescher Loescher, Gil, James Milner Milner, James 189

8 Internally Displaced Persons / Khalid Koser Koser, Khalid 210

9 Human Trafficking and Smuggling / Susan Martin Martin, Susan, Amber Callaway Callaway, Amber 224

10 Remittances / Anna Lindley Lindley, Anna 242

11 Diasporas / Alan Gamlen Gamlen, Alan 266

12 Root Causes / Stephen Castles Castles, Stephen, Nicholas Van Hear Hear, Nicholas Van 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780199600458

0199600457

OCLC:

653082474