Book review: The Ties that Bind: Immigration and the Global Political Economy
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Abstract
In political economy, the factors leading a person to leave her country have received considerable attention, and diverse authors have evaluated the role played by determinants of migration differently. In their book “The ties that bind,” David Leblang, Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and the Director of the Batten School of Public Policy Studies, and Benjamin Helms, Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Texas A&M University, rank migration for work or to gain an education as less relevant than is widely believed. In their view, what leads people to move is the desire to participate politically, by voting, and eventually to qualify for citizenship. Disaggregated by skill level, this implies that, to attract a highly skilled migrant, the host state needs to prioritize granting access to political rights, while excessively high scores of linguistic aptitudes must be scrapped. For the lower skilled migrants too, host state politics play a role, but more passively, as in the absence of hostile, right-wing politics and corruption.
Date Issued
2024-04-14
Publication Type
Article
Subjects
migration
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diaspora
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political economy
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participation
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nationality
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political parties
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migrant
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education migration
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labor migration
Language(s)
en
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Journal
International relations of the Asia-Pacific
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
1470-4838
Access(Rights)
restricted