Debating Brain Drain: May Governments Restrict Emigration? (Debating Ethics)

Synopsis

Many Of The Best And Brightest Citizens Of Developing Countries Choose To Emigrate To Wealthier Societies, Taking Their Skills And Educations With Them. What Do These People Owe To Their Societies Of Origin? May Developing Societies Legitimately Demand That Their Citizens Use Their Skills To Improve Life For Their Fellow Citizens? Are These Societies Ever Permitted To Prevent Their Own Citizens From Emigrating? These Questions Are Increasingly Important, As The Gap Between Rich And Poor Societies Widens, And As The Global Migration Of Skilled Professionals Intensifies. Introduction: The Brain Drain And Global Justice / By Gillian Brock And Michael Blake -- Part I. Introduction To Part I ; What Does Global Justice Require? ; Prosperity In Developing Countries, The Effects Departing Individuals Have On Those Left Behind, And Some Policy Options ; Whose Responsibility Is It To Remedy Losses Caused By The Departure Of Skilled Migrants? ; Consideration Of Central Anticipated Objections ; Summary Of Conclusions From Part I / By Gillian Brock -- Part Ii. The Right To Leave : Looking Back ; The Right To Leave : Looking Forward ; The Right To Leave And What Remains / By Michael Blake -- Part Iii. Responses. Brock Responds To Blake ; Blake Responds To Brock. Gillian Brock, Michael Blake. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.