Labour migration in a globalizing world -- Migration : growth and development impacts in countries of origin and … destination -- Conditions of work and treatment of migrant workers -- International standards on labour migration -- Migration …

"Around the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure exploitation, lack of basic rights, and … conditions in the past, and what opportunities exist for them today? Global Labor Migration presents new multidisciplinary …, transregional perspectives on issues surrounding global labor migration. The essays go beyond disciplinary boundaries, with …

Introduction -- International migration : the next frontier -- The disequilibria of transitions -- Global migration … imperatives -- Migration rhetoric and reality -- Coming of age : governance for the globe -- A global mobility compact -- The … skills paradigm : when geography is history -- Access : who gets what and why? -- The current state of play -- India in …

This volume suggests a new way of doing global history. Instead of offering a sweeping and generalizing overview of the … past, we propose a "micro-spatial" approach, combining micro-history with the concept of space. A focus on primary sources … and awareness of the historical discontinuities and unevennesses characterizes the global history that emerges here. We …