Alongside flows of trade and capital, the free movement of
professionals, technical personnel, and students is seen as a key
aspect of globalization. Yet not much detailed empirical research
has been completed about the trajectories and experiences of these
highly skilled or highly educated international migrants. What
little is known about these forms of "global mobility," and the
politics that surround them, contrasts with the abundant theories
and accounts of other types of international migration--such as low
income economic migration from less developed to core countries in
the international political economy. Drawing on the work of a
long-standing discussion group at the Center for Comparative and
Global Research of UCLA's International Institute, this collection
bridges conventional methodological divides, bringing together
political scientists, sociologists, demographers, and
ethnographers. It explores the reality behind assumptions about
these new global migration trends. It challenges widely held views
about the elite characteristics of these migrants, the costs and
consequences of the brain drain said to follow from the migration
of skilled workers, the determinants of national policies on high
skilled migrants, and the presumed "effortlessness" of professional
mobility in an integrating world. The volume also sheds new light
on international student migration, the politics of temporary,
non-immigrant workers in the United States, new international forms
of regulating movement, and the realities of the everyday lives of
multinational employees in the world's transnational cities. Key
differences between the regional contexts of this migration in
Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific are also emphasized.
"Michael Peter Smith" is professor of community studies at the
University of California, Davis. He has published extensively on
urban theory, globalization, and transnationalism including
"Transnationalism from Below" and "City and Nation" (both available
through Transaction) and "Transnational Urbanism. Adrian Favell" is
associate professor of sociology at UCLA. He is the author of
"Philosophies of Integration, " and has published widely on
migration in Europe, citizenship, the integration of immigrants,
and on social theory.
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