TY - BOOK AU - Pistone,Michele R. AU - Hoeffner,John J. TI - Stepping out of the brain drain: applying Catholic social teaching in a new era of migration SN - 9780739161326 AV - BX1795.E44 P57 2007eb U1 - 261.8/36 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Lanham, MD PB - Lexington Books KW - Catholic Church KW - Doctrines KW - Église catholique KW - fast KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Religious aspects KW - Brain drain KW - Exode des cerveaux KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Life KW - Social Issues KW - bisacsh KW - Christianity KW - General KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - Braindrain KW - gnd KW - Migration KW - Katholische Soziallehre N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; PART 1 DEFINITIONS; 1 The Scope of This Book; 2 STEP OUT Migration: A New Terrn for Brain Drain; 3 Catholic Social Teaching; PART II CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT AND IMMIGRATION; 4 The Openness of the Tradition and the Exception; 5 Foundational Principles; 6 Applying Human Dignity and the Common Good to Immigration; PART III EVENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS INFLUENCING THE FORMATION OF THECHURCH'S STEP OUT MIGRATION POLICY; 7 Political Developments; 8 Developments in the Church; PART IV: THE CASE FOR STEP OUT MIGRATION; 9 An Overview10 A History of Accentuating the Negative; Il The Importance of Modern Technology and Globalization; PART V THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF STEP OUT MIGRANTS; 12 International Knowledge Transfers; 13 Monetary Transfers; 14 Technology Development and Transfer; PART VI THE ENCYCLICALS OF POPE JOHN PAUL II AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS; 15 Work in Catholic Social Thought; 16 Human Dignity and STEP OUT Migration; PART VII NEXT STEPS; 17 Recommendations; 18 Conclusion; Appendix A Catholic Social Teaching and Political Discourse; Appendix B A Short History of the American Catholic Church's Programmatic Support for Immigrant CommunitiesIndex; About the Authors; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Catholic social teaching's traditional opposition to 'brain drain' migration from developing to developed countries is due for a reassessment. Stepping Out of the Brain Drain provides exactly this, as it demonstrates that both the economic and the ethical rationales for the teaching's opposition to 'brain drain' have been undermined in recent years, and shows how the adoption of a less critical policy could provide enhanced opportunities for poor countries to accelerate their economic development UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=634653 ER -