International Migration of Talent and Skills


Book Description

Examines influx of skilled and professional manpower into the U.S. from other countries and its effect on U.S. foreign relations, the technological gap between the U.S. and the rest of world, and foreign opinion of the U.S. Includes report "Migration of Health Personnel, Scientists, and Engineers from Latin America" by Pan American Health Organization, 1966 (p. 175-297).










Caribbean New York


Book Description

Since 1965, West Indians have been emigrating to the United States in record numbers, and to New York City in particular. Caribbean New York shows how the new immigration is reshaping American race relations and sheds much-needed light on factors that underlie some of the city's explosive racial confrontations. Philip Kasinitz examines how two forces--racial solidarity and ethnic distinctiveness--have helped to shape the identity of New York's West Indian community. He compares "new" (post-1965) immigrants with West Indians who arrived earlier in the century, and looks in detail at the economic, political, and cultural rules that Afro-Caribbean immigrants have played in the city during each period.










Migration And Development In The Caribbean


Book Description

This book represents the product of a two-year research project and a four-year personal journey to explore the relationship between migration and economic development in the Caribbean area. Does Caribbean immigration to the United States assist or impede the economic development of the Caribbean? Would the curtailment of immigration affect the stability of the Caribbean? Can a certain mix of development strategies significantly reduce the pressures for migration? What can the United States and the Caribbean countries do separately and together to improve the prospects for economic development while permitting migration at manageable levels? This book begins with these questions and ends with some answers.