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14 - Skilled Migrant Workers

from Part IV - Circulations of Laborers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2023

By
Monique Laney
Edited by
Marcelo J. Borges  and
Madeline Y. Hsu
Marcelo J. Borges
Affiliation:
Dickinson College, Pennsylvania
Madeline Y. Hsu
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Summary

Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of Global Migrations presents an authoritative overview of the various continuities and changes in migration and globalization from the 1800s to the present day. Despite revolutionary changes in communication technologies, the growing accessibility of long-distance travel, and globalization across major economies, the rise of nation-states empowered immigration regulation and bureaucratic capacities for enforcement that curtailed migration. One major theme worldwide across the post-1800 centuries was the differentiation between “skilled” and “unskilled” workers, often considered through a racialized lens; it emerged as the primary divide between greater rights of immigration and citizenship for the former, and confinement to temporary or unauthorized migrant status for the latter. Through thirty-one chapters, this volume further evaluates the long global history of migration; and it shows that despite the increased disciplinary systems, the primacy of migration remains and continues to shape political, economic, and social landscapes around the world.

Keywords

Brain DrainCold WarEmployment-based VisaEngineers“Flexible” WorkersNeocolonialismNeoliberalismScientistsStudentsTemporary Work Visa
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The Cambridge History of Global Migrations , pp. 300 - 318
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Bu, Liping. Making the World Like Us: Education, Cultural Expansion, and the American Century. Perspectives on the Twentieth Century. Westport: Praeger, 2003.Google Scholar
Cornelius, Wayne A., Espenshade, Thomas J., and Salehyan, Idean, eds. The International Migration of the Highly Skilled: Demand, Supply, and Development Consequences in Sending and Receiving Countries. CCIS Anthologies. La Jolla: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2001.Google Scholar
Docquier, Frédéric and Rapoport, Hillel. “Globalization, Brain Drain, and Development.” Journal of Economic Literature 50, 3 (2012), 681–730.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Eich-Krohm, Astrid. “Twenty-First Century Trends in Highly Skilled Migration,” in Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies, ed. Gold, Steven J. and Nawyn, Stephanie J., 153–166. New York: Routledge, 2019.Google Scholar
Facchini, Giovanni and Lodigiani, Elisabetta. “Attracting Skilled Immigrants: An Overview of Recent Policy Developments in Advanced Countries.” National Institute Economic Review 229, 1 (2014), R3–R21.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
FitzGerald, David Scott and Cook-Martín, David. Culling the Masses: The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Saxenian, AnnaLee. The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006.Google Scholar
Triadafilopoulos, Triadafilos. Wanted and Welcome? Policies for Highly Skilled Immigrants in Comparative Perspective. Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy. New York: Springer, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Trischler, Helmuth and Kohlrausch, Martin. Building Europe on Expertise: Innovators, Organizers, Networkers. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.Google Scholar
Wei, Li and Lo, Lucia. “New Geographies of Migration? A Canada-US Comparison of Highly Skilled Chinese and Indian Migration.” Journal of Asian American Studies 15, 1 (2012), 1–34.Google Scholar

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