International Book Club: Migration as Economic Imperialism with Immanuel Ness

This event ran in October 2023 as part of IRIS NRC's international book club series. Learn more about Immanuel Ness and his new book: immanuelness.c...
Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. His latest book is Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries (Polity, 2023). Ness argues that migration is a form of economic control, increasing exploitation and global inequality. The book exposes the damaging political, economic and social effects of migration on origin countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and how border and security mechanisms control and marginalize low-wage migrant workers.
Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York and Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. A trade union organizer in the U.S. and labor activist in the Global South from 1989 to 2021, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Labor and Society.
Thank you to the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice and the Department of Geography at UW-Madison for co-sponsoring this event.