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The price of rights : regulating international labor migration /

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ruhs, Martin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: The Rights of Migrant Workers: Reframing the Debate; Aims and Approach of the Book; Outline of the Chapters and Main Arguments; Terminology and Scope of This Book; Chapter 2: The Human Rights of Migrant Workers: Why Do So Few Countries Care?; International Migrant Rights Conventions; Ratification: Record and Obstacles; Effectiveness; Migrant Rights, Citizenship Rights, and Immigration Policy; Chapter 3: Nation-States, Labor Immigration, and Migrant Rights: What Can We Expect?
  • The Objectives of Labor Immigration PolicyConstraints and Variations in the Migration State; Three Hypotheses; Chapter 4: An Empirical Analysis of Labor Immigration Programs in Forty-Six Countries; Existing Research and the Scope of My Analysis; Indicators for Measuring Openness to Labor Immigration; Indicators for Measuring Migrant Rights; Methods, Data, and Limitations; Openness to Labor Immigration; Migrant Rights; Summary of Findings; Chapter 5: Regulating the Admission and Rights of Migrant Workers: Policy Rationales in High-Income Countries.
  • Explaining Greater Openness to Higher-Skilled Migrant WorkersWhy More Rights for Skilled Migrant Workers?; Explaining Trade-Offs between Openness and Rights; The National Interest: Expected Impacts Drive Labor Immigration Policies; Chapter 6: Labor Emigration and Rights Abroad: The Perspectives of Migrants and Their Countries of Origin; Migrants: Emigration, Rights, and Human Development; Sending Countries: Interests and Policy Choices; Engaging with Trade-Offs; Chapter 7: The Ethics of Labor Immigration Policy; What Consequences Should National Policymakers Care about, and for Whom?
  • The Ethics of Temporary Labor Immigration ProgramsWhat Rights Restrictions Are Justifiable, and for How Long?; Making Temporary Migration Programs Work; Summary: The Case for Tolerating Some Trade-Offs between Openness and Rights; Chapter 8: The Price of Rights: What Next for Human Rights-Based Approaches to International Labor Migration?; Blind Spots and Unintended Consequences of Human Rights; UN Agencies' Reluctant Engagement with the Price of Rights; Reframing the Human Rights-Based Approach to Migration; Open Debate; Appendix 1 Tables A.1-10; Appendix 2 Overview of Openness Indicators.
  • Appendix 3 Overview of Migrant Rights IndicatorsReferences; Index.