Trading Barriers : Immigration and the Remaking of Globalization / Margaret Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Margaret, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor and globalization.

International trade--Social aspects.

International trade.

Emigration and immigration--Public opinion.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Other Title:

Immigration and the Remaking of Globalization

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Why have countries increasingly restricted immigration even when they have opened their markets to foreign competition through trade or allowed their firms to move jobs overseas? In Trading Barriers, Margaret Peters argues that the increased ability of firms to produce anywhere in the world combined with growing international competition due to lowered trade barriers has led to greater limits on immigration. Peters explains that businesses relying on low-skill labor have been the major proponents of greater openness to immigrants. Immigration helps lower costs, making these businesses more competitive at home and abroad. However, increased international competition, due to lower trade barriers and greater economic development in the developing world, has led many businesses in wealthy countries to close or move overseas. Productivity increases have allowed those firms that have chosen to remain behind to do more with fewer workers. Together, these changes in the international economy have sapped the crucial business support necessary for more open immigration policies at home, empowered anti-immigrant groups, and spurred greater controls on migration. Debunking the commonly held belief that domestic social concerns are the deciding factor in determining immigration policy, Trading Barriers demonstrates the important and influential role played by international trade and capital movements.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

A Note to the Reader on the Online Appendixes

Chapter 1. Immigration and the Shape of Globalization

Chapter 2. Immigration, Trade, and Firm Mobility: A Political Dilemma

Chapter 3. Immigration Policy and Two Eras of Globalization

Chapter 4. Changing Industry Preferences in the United States

Chapter 5. Policymakers' Responses to Firms in the United States

Chapter 6. Immigration Policy in Small Countries: The Cases of Singapore and the Netherlands

Chapter 7. The Rise of Anti-Immigration Sentiment and Undocumented Immigration as Explanations for Immigration Policy

Chapter 8. Immigration in an Increasingly Globalized World

Appendix A: Collection and Coding of the Immigration Policy Variable

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400885374

140088537X

OCLC:

985962082