Labour migration in Malaysia and Spain : markets, citizenship and rights / Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garcés-Mascareñas, Blanca, author.

Series:

IMISCOE research.

IMISCOE Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor mobility--Malaysia.

Labor mobility.

Labor mobility--Spain.

Malaysia--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Malaysia.

Spain--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<p>This study confronts the double paradox of state-regulated labor migration: while markets benefit from open borders that allow them to meet the demand for migrant workers, the boundaries of citizenship impose a degree of limitation on cross-border migration. At the same time, the exclusivity of citizenship requires closed membership, yet civil and human rights undermine the state's capacity to exclude foreigners once they are inside the country. By considering how Malaysia and Spain have responded to the demand for foreign labor, this book analyzes the unavoidable clash of markets, citizenship, and rights.</p><div>This truly comparative book will become a standard work in the field. It opens new research venues, with major implications for a state migration control theory that has too long been Atlanto-centred. Leo Lucassen, Leiden University</div>

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. Regulating labour migration

2. Research design and methodology

3. Malaysia

4. Spain

5. Comparative perspective

6. Conclusions

References

Annex 1: Maps of Malaysia and Spain

Annex 2: Acronyms

Annex 3: Migration policies

Annex 4: List of interviews

Annex 5: Graph of immigration trends by nationality in Spain

Notes

Other IMISCOE titles

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9786613522511

9781280118227

1280118229

9789048513628

9048513626

OCLC:

782878258

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access