Migrants, Refugees, and Foreign Policy: U.S. and German Policies Toward Countries of Origin(2 Migration & Refugees)

Foreign policies have always played an important role in the movements of migrants. A number of essays in this volume show how the foreign policies of the United States and Germany have directly or inadvertently contributed to the influx from the former Yugoslavia, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the former Soviet Union. Now being faced with growing resistance to admit foreigners into their countries, both governments have once again been using foreign-policy instruments in an effort to change the conditions in the refugees' countries of origin which forced people to leave. This volume addresses questions such as which policies can influence governments to improve their human rights, protect minorities, end internal strife, reduce the level of violence, or improve economic conditions so that large numbers of people need not leave their homes.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. The Impact of German Policy on Refugee Flows from Former Yugoslavia H. J. Axt Chapter 2. The Impact of U.S. Policy on Migration from Mexico and the Caribbean C. Mitchell Chapter 3. Migration in the Russian Federation since the mid 1950s C.Dornis Chapter 4. German Policies towards Ethnic German Minorities V. Ronge Chapter 5. German Policies towards Russiaand other Successor States B. Dietz and K Segbers Chapter 6. The New Labor Migration as an Instrument of Foreign Policy E. Hönekopp Chapter 7. Bad Neighbors, Bad Neighborhood: an Inquiry into the Causes of Refugee Flows, 1969-1992 M. Weiner Chapter 8. Economic Instruments to Affect Countries of Origin P. Martin Chapter 9. Can Military Intervention Limit Refugee Flows? B.Posen Conclusion: Policies to Reduce Refugee Flows and Pressures for Emigration M. Weiner and R. Münz Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Rainer Munz is Professor of Demography at the Humboldt University, Berlin. Myron Weiner is Ford International Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former director of The MIT Center for International Studies. His books include The Global Migration Crisis: Challenge to States and to Human Rights (Addison Wesley, 1995) and The New Geopolitics of Central Asia and Its Borderlands (Tauris, 1995).

Review :
"The appearance of this series... is welcomed as a useful antidote to the usually ill-informed debate in both Western Europe and the U.S.... The chapters are well researched, informative and clearly written, and provide a substantial background and stimulating ideas for policy-makers to consider... The authors are to be congratulated on such a comprehensive analysis, and for proposing a more humane and tolerant approach to this issue which has so often lacking." - Labor Focus on Eastern Europe