Untangling the Political Roots of Immigration and Inequality in the United States (Bridges to Another World)

We live in a period when more people are migrating from the countryside to the city, from city to city, and from country to country than at nearly anytime in human history.At the same time, we see sharp increases in wealth and income inequality.These two trends fuel populist movements on both the left and right, topping political agendas across the world. Untangling the Political Roots of Immigration and Inequality in the United States examines the causes, consequences, and politics of mass migration and growing inequality by investigating the case of the United States - the quintessential immigrant nation.While scholars, policy makers, and advocates have put forth a variety of explanations, many misdiagnose the causes and put forward remedies that treat symptoms.This book looks to the root causes of mass migration and intensifying inequality, arguing that they are two sides of the same coin resulting from rapacious forms of capitalist accumulation and imperialist interventionism.Devel