The Geopolitics of immigrant labour: a climate of fear

Elizabeth Mary Christopher

doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-6918-3.ch023

The Geopolitics of immigrant labour: a climate of fear

Elizabeth Mary Christopher^*

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Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Immigration and the current social, political, and economic climate
Subtitle of host publication	breakthroughs in research and practice
Editors	Information Resources Management Association
Place of Publication	Hershey PA
Publisher	Information Science Reference (IGI)
Chapter	23
Pages	417-438
Number of pages	22
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781522569190
ISBN (Print)	9781522569183
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6918-3.ch023
Publication status	Published - 2019

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First published in Corporate espionage, geopolitics, and diplomacy issues in international business, p.210-231, IGI Global, 2017. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1031-4.ch012

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Immigration and the current social, political, and economic climate: breakthroughs in research and practice. ed. / Information Resources Management Association. Vol. 2 Hershey PA: Information Science Reference (IGI), 2019. p. 417-438.

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