Mass Migration in the World-System: Past, Present, and Future

Mass Migration in the World-Systemoffers diverse perspectives on the political, economic, social and environmental impact of international domestic migration. Written with a balance of quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical contributions and insights, this book brings to light the multiple experiences of migrants across different zones of the world economy. By engaging wide-ranging ideas and theoretical viewpoints of the migration process, the labor market for immigrants, and the rights of migrants, this book provides an important'and much needed'interdisciplinary perspective on the issues of mass migration.

Terry-Ann Jones is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University and the author of Jamaican Immigrants in the United States and Canada: Race, Transnationalism, and Social Capital (2008). Eric Mielants is Associate Professor of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University and the author of The Origins of Capitalism and the "Rise of the West" (2007). Most recently he coedited the study, Caribbean Migration to Western Europe and the United States (2009).