African Brain Circulation: Beyond the Drain-Gain Debate - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rubin PattersonSeries:International Studies in Sociology and Social AnthropologyTheme:Interdisciplinary Studies/AfricanPublish date:6/22/2007Pages:192
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004158856ISBN-10:9004158855UPC:9789004158856Book Category:Business & Economics, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Labor, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, AnthropologySize:9.21 x 6.10 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.281Product ID:SC664JQYJ9
In this book, discussions on African brain circulation and transnational society provide new insights and point to fertile research and policy agendas. Today, a globally important dilemma concerns citizens who either depart from their homeland to enhance their life chances in a rich society - but possibly contribute to a brain drain for their homeland - or stay home and work - but possibly contribute to a brain waste since conditions at home will not allow them to contribute commensurately with their capability. Increasingly, scholars on the subject of global South-to-West emigrants argue that it is not just a possibility of a brain drain occurring when citizens emigrate or brain waste occurring when they stay home, but rather a brain gain when they emigrate strategically and contribute to development in the homeland.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004158856ISBN-10:9004158855UPC:9789004158856Book Category:Business & Economics, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Labor, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, AnthropologySize:9.21 x 6.10 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.281Product ID:SC664JQYJ9
Rubin Patterson has a master's degree in engineering from George Washington University and a doctorate in sociology from Howard University. Presently, he is a professor of sociology at the University of Toledo. His present research interests include brain circulation, transnational society, and technology and development in Africa.
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