GlobalMigrationbeyondLimitstakesacriticalapproachtomainstreameconomicaccountsofmigration,environment,andinequality.DrawingonarangeofcasestudiesfromAfrica,theMiddleEast,Asia,Australia,Europe,andtheAmericas,Obeng-Odoomarguesthatmuchofthecrisisofmigrationcanbeunderstoodasareflectionofcumulativestratificationatdifferentscalesintheglobalsystem,thoughtheformofmigrationisconditionedbymorethaneconomicforces.Examiningtheexperiencesofmigrantfarmers,streetworkers,refugees,internationalstudents,andmanymore,thisbookshowsthattheso-calledmigrationcrisisisanexpressionofapolitical-economicsysteminwhichsociallycreatedvalueisprivatelyappropriatedasrentsbyaprivilegedfewwhouseinstitutionssuchaslandandpropertyrights,race,ethnicity,class,andgendertokeepothersintheirplace.
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