War, work, and want : how the OPEC oil crisis caused mass migration and revolution /

Randall Hansen focuses on how the oil shock transformed not just the economy proper and the geopolitics of the Middle East region, but also the global circulation of people and capital for decades afterward. Hansen asks why, against all expectations, global migration tripled after 1970. Arguing that...

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Hansen, Randall
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Zusammenfassung:
Randall Hansen focuses on how the oil shock transformed not just the economy proper and the geopolitics of the Middle East region, but also the global circulation of people and capital for decades afterward. Hansen asks why, against all expectations, global migration tripled after 1970. Arguing that the OPEC oil crisis explains everything, he shows how war, migration, and the desire for ever cheaper products made by migrants led to a massive upsurge in global migration after 1973.
Umfang:
1 online resource (433 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2023.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-765772-9
0-19-765771-0
0-19-765770-2
Schlagworte:
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
Society.
Sociology & anthropology.
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