Migration, Racism and Labor Exploitation in the World-System

This book explores how world-systemic migration is a racialized process that has shaped the world since the early expansion of the world-system. It highlights how migration introduces and deepens racial dominance, creating a contradiction between capitals' need to direct labor and the desires of dominant populations to keep subordinate people of color marginalized. Case studies show how core states are concurrently users and blockers of migrant labor, and the book ends with a vision of a future where communities from below can create a society that overcomes racism.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 216 pages
\n Publication date: 30 July 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This comprehensive book delves into the intricate and multifaceted phenomenon of world-systemic migration, examining it through the lens of race. Since the dawn of the world-system, the movement of people has played a pivotal role, with capital managers not only facilitating profitable expansion but also coercing, persuading, or incentivizing workers to relocate for the extraction, growth, refinement, manufacturing, and transportation of materials and commodities. Through a series of historical cases, the book highlights how migration perpetuates and exacerbates racial dominance across the globe. This often leads to indigenous and imported slaves or bonded labor being forced to extract, process, and transport raw materials. At the same time, it creates a tension between capital's desire to direct labor to regions where profitability is maximized and the aspirations of dominant populations to maintain marginalized and segregated subordinate groups of color.

Case studies shed light on how core states actively engage in the use and restriction of migrant labor. Notable examples include Mexican migrants in the United States, both in historical and contemporary contexts. While the United States portrays an image of welcoming immigrants, policy realities often diverge significantly. Nevertheless, the volume concludes with a vision of a future where communities from below, driven by activism and the pursuit of communal interests, can unite to dismantle racism. The final chapter, penned by Immanuel Wallerstein, urges individuals to make small but meaningful changes that, when combined, can initiate genuine and transformative change.

\n Weight: 344g\n
Dimension: 152 x 227 x 17 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781032015453\n \n