TY - CHAP
T1 - The Geopolitics of immigrant labour
T2 - a climate of fear
AU - Christopher, Elizabeth Mary
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In general, the concept of workforce diversity has gained enormous support over the past decade, due to international politics of economic competition, technological progress, increasing emphasis on the importance of human rights, and immigration. The chapter discusses answers to the question: in the face of this consensus, why are xenophobic arguments (communicated worldwide through mass media) increasingly allowed to foster global climates of fear of, and resistance to, immigrant labour? Answers seem to lie in geopolitics and social pressures on governments that constrain them to discriminate against migrants and refugees seeking immigration. Reasons for this are discussed and possible remedies suggested.
AB - In general, the concept of workforce diversity has gained enormous support over the past decade, due to international politics of economic competition, technological progress, increasing emphasis on the importance of human rights, and immigration. The chapter discusses answers to the question: in the face of this consensus, why are xenophobic arguments (communicated worldwide through mass media) increasingly allowed to foster global climates of fear of, and resistance to, immigrant labour? Answers seem to lie in geopolitics and social pressures on governments that constrain them to discriminate against migrants and refugees seeking immigration. Reasons for this are discussed and possible remedies suggested.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85016005659&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-5225-1031-4.ch012
DO - 10.4018/978-1-5225-1031-4.ch012
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781522510314
T3 - Advances in finance, accounting, and economics
SP - 210
EP - 231
BT - Corporate espionage, geopolitics, and diplomacy issues in international business
A2 - Christiansen, Bryan
A2 - Kasarci, Fatmanur
PB - IGI Global
CY - Hershey, PA
ER -