International Migration and Knowledge

Informationen zum Autor Allan M Williams is Professor of European Integration and Globalization at London Metropolitan University, UK. Vladimir Baláž is a Senior Researcher in the Institute of Forecasting in Slovakia. Klappentext Challenges pre-conceived views and argues the need to understand that all international migrants are potentially knowledge carriers and learners, and that they play an essential role in the globalization of knowledge transactions. Zusammenfassung Challenges pre-conceived views and argues the need to understand that all international migrants are potentially knowledge carriers and learners, and that they play an essential role in the globalization of knowledge transactions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Theorising International Migration and Knowledge 3. Knowledge and Knowledge Transactions 4. The Changing Context of International Migration 5. National and Regional Perspectives 6. Firm Level Perspectives 7. Individual Perspectives 8. Future Challenges

Product details

• Authors: Vladimir Baláz, Vladimir Baláž, Allan Williams, Allan Balaz Williams
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2008
• EAN: 9780415434928
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43492-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Human Geography, Population and migration geography, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples