Debating Brain Drain: May Governments Restrict Emigration?

by Michael Blake and Gillian Brock

Book Overview

Many of the best and brightest citizens of developing countries choose to emigrate to wealthier societies, taking their skills and educations with them. What do these people owe to their societies of origin? May developing societies legitimately demand that their citizens use their skills to improve life for their fellow citizens? Are these societies ever permitted to prevent their own citizens from emigrating?

These questions are increasingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199315620
• ISBN13: 9780199315628
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.1"