The Mobility of Labor and Capital
A Study in International Investment and Labor Flow

Offering a fresh understanding of the processes of international migration and specifically the US from 1960 to 1985.

Saskia Sassen (Author)

9780521386722, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 29 June 1990

240 pages
22.8 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.385 kg

'… an intelligent combination of theorizing and relevant data which is the mark of a good book'. State University of New York, Binghamton

In this empirical study, Saskia Sassen offers a fresh understanding of the processes of international migration. Focusing on immigration into the US from 1960 to 1985 and the part played by American economic activities abroad, as well as foreign investment in the US, she examines the various ways in which the internationalization of production contributes to the formation and direction of labor migration.

List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Foreign investment: a neglected variable
2. The use of foreign workers
3. The new immigration
4. The globalization of production: implications for labor migration
5. The rise of global cities and the new labor demand
6. The reconcentration of capital in the United States: a new investment zone?
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Population & demography [JHBD]