The price of rights : regulating international labor migration / Martin Ruhs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruhs, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--Civil rights.

Foreign workers.

Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc.

Labor laws and legislation.

Human rights.

Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Emigration and immigration law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organizations and migrant rights advocates demand more equal rights for migrant workers. The Price of Rights shows why you cannot always have both. Examining labor immigration policies in over forty countries, as well as policy drivers in major migrant-receiving and migrant-sending states, Martin Ruhs finds that there are trade-offs in the policies of high-income countries between openness to admitting migrant workers and some of the rights granted to migrants after admission. Insisting on greater equality of rights for migrant workers can come at the price of more restrictive admission policies, especially for lower-skilled workers. Ruhs advocates the liberalization of international labor migration through temporary migration programs that protect a universal set of core rights and account for the interests of nation-states by restricting a few specific rights that create net costs for receiving countries. The Price of Rights analyzes how high-income countries restrict the rights of migrant workers as part of their labor immigration policies and discusses the implications for global debates about regulating labor migration and protecting migrants. It comprehensively looks at the tensions between human rights and citizenship rights, the agency and interests of migrants and states, and the determinants and ethics of labor immigration policy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. The Rights of Migrant Workers

Chapter 2. The Human Rights of Migrant Workers

Chapter 3. Nation-States, Labor Immigration, and Migrant Rights

Chapter 4. An Empirical Analysis of Labor Immigration. Programs in Forty-Six Countries

Chapter 5. Regulating the Admission and Rights of Migrant Workers

Chapter 6. Labor Emigration and Rights Abroad

Chapter 7. The Ethics of Labor Immigration Policy

Chapter 8. The Price of Rights

Appendix 1 Tables A.1-10

Appendix 2. Overview of Openness Indicators

Appendix 3. Overview of Migrant Rights Indicators

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691166001

0691166005

9781400848607

1400848601

OCLC:

857276820