Globalization, international mobility and the liberal international order

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3697367
AutoresJohn Money (0000-0003-2390-3125, autor de correspondencia), Jeannette Money
Año2021
Volumen97
Número5
Páginas1559-1577
Fecha de publicación2021-09-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ia/iiab118
PMID34642576
OpenAlexW3198682791
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas4

Since the Second World War, globalization has been underpinned by a liberal international order, a rules-based system structured around the principles of economic interdependence, democracy, human rights and multilateralism. However, the relationship between international mobility and the liberal international order (LIO) is contested. In the article, I disaggregate 'international mobility' into three regimes: the travel regime, the voluntary (labour) migration regime, and the refugee regime-each governed by distinct norms and operating procedures. I outline the characteristics of the LIO that pertain to international mobility and provide evidence to demonstrate that none of the three dimensions of international mobility-travel, migration, and asylum-reflects these characteristics. Given the LIO principles enumerated above, the exclusion of international mobility from the LIO is surprising. I survey the scholarship on the LIO and international mobility and argue that the exclusion of international mobility from the LIO rests on benefits provided to core states by the status quo ante governing international mobility. That is, the status quo ante permits countries of destination to determine the level and type of cross-border mobility. Thus, international mobility continues to be underpinned by the play of state preferences rather than the principles of the LIO. The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to shape these norms and operating procedures in ways that reinforce the status quo

Development economics · Economics · Globalization · International relations · International trade · Multilateralism · Order (exchange) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Status quo · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration