Addressing the brain drain
A partial cosmopolitanism approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11420514 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Devesh Kapur (University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-57 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South African Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-0136 • E-ISSN: 2073-4867 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02580136.2016.1263375 |
| OpenAlex | W2594924014 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 15 |
This paper joins the thorny debates on the “brain drain”. It first examines some of the core issues and debates around international migration and the asymmetry in the arguments that defend the right to restrict entry but are critical of any attempts to rein in exit. It then argues that the empirical evidence on this issue is contingent on multiple factors, which weakens the case for universal recommendations. Instead, the paper lays out a form of “partial cosmopolitanism” that attempts to balance an individual’s freedom to exit with the larger social good in two distinctive ways: first, by allowing some grains of sand in the wheels of skilled migration flows through contingent contracts in higher education; and second, enhanced temporary migration that encourages greater international mobility but with temporal curbs. The paper concludes by suggesting that in an era of international migration, welfare considerations need to account for both people within territorially bounded countries and territorially unbounded nations
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |