Debating brain drain : may governments restrict emigration? / Gillian Brock, Michael Blake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brock, Gillian, author.

Series:

Debating ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Brain drain--Government policy--Developing countries.

Brain drain.

Manpower policy--Developing countries.

Manpower policy.

Skilled labor.

Government policy.

Developing countries.

Skilled labor--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

vi, 304 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Summary:

Many of the best and brightest citizens of developing countries choose to emigrate to wealthier societies, taking their skills and educations with them. What do these people owe to their societies of origin? May developing societies legitimately demand that their citizens use their skills to improve life for their fellow citizens? Are these societies ever permitted to prevent their own citizens from emigrating? These questions are increasingly important, as the gap between rich and poor societies widens, and as the global migration of skilled professionals intensities. This volume addresses the ethical rights and responsibilities of such professionals, and of the societies in which they live. Gillian Brock and Michael Blake agree that the phenomenon of brain drain is troubling, but offer distinct arguments about what might be permissibly done in response. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I By Gillian Brock

1 Introduction to Part I 11

2 What Does Global Justice Require? 24

3 Prosperity in Developing Countries, the Effects Departing Individuals Have on Those Left Behind, and Some Policy Options 36

4 Whose Responsibility It It to Remedy Losses Caused by the Departure of Skilled Migrants? 60

5 Consideration of Central Anticipated Objections 85

6 Summary of Conclusions from Part I 101

Part II By Michael Blake

7 The Right to Leave: Looking Back 111

8 The Right to Leave: Looking Forward 155

9 The Right to Leave and What Remains 190

Part III Responses

10 Brock Responds to Blake 237

11 Blake Responds to Brock 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199315628

0199315620

9780199315611

0199315612

OCLC:

879851661

Publisher Number:

9780199315628