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Immigrants : your country needs them / Philippe Legrain.
Publication details: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2007, c2006.Edition: 1st Princeton edDescription: xvi, 374 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780691134314 (cloth) :
- 0691134316 :
- JV6035 .L45 2007
Contents:
Summary: Presents an analysis of the cultural, economic, and social impact of immigration.
Introduction : migration isnt just for the birds : its time for fresh thinking about immigration -- 1. War on our borders : the hidden costs of immigration controls -- 2. Border crossing : how migrants got to where they are now -- 3. Why we need the huddled masses : the case for low-skilled migration -- 4. The global talent contest : the pros and cons of high-skilled migration -- 5. Cosmopolitan and rich : the economic benefits of diversity -- 6. Stealing our jobs? : do immigrants displace local workers? -- 7. Snouts in our trough? : are immigrants a burden on the welfare state? -- 8. Our heroes : how migration helps poor countries -- 9. Brain drain or brain gain? : the costs and benefits of skilled emigration -- 10. It neednt be forever : the case for temporary migration -- 11. Alien nation? : does immigration threaten national identity? -- 12. Huntington and Hispanics : is Latino immigration splitting America in two? -- 13. Stranger, can you spare a dime? : does immigration threaten social solidarity? -- 14. Learning to live together : how to integrate immigrants into society -- 15. Illiberal Islam? : do Muslim immigrants threaten our security and our way of life? -- 16. Open borders : let them in.
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Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2006. With a new pref.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-359) and index.
Introduction : migration isnt just for the birds : its time for fresh thinking about immigration -- 1. War on our borders : the hidden costs of immigration controls -- 2. Border crossing : how migrants got to where they are now -- 3. Why we need the huddled masses : the case for low-skilled migration -- 4. The global talent contest : the pros and cons of high-skilled migration -- 5. Cosmopolitan and rich : the economic benefits of diversity -- 6. Stealing our jobs? : do immigrants displace local workers? -- 7. Snouts in our trough? : are immigrants a burden on the welfare state? -- 8. Our heroes : how migration helps poor countries -- 9. Brain drain or brain gain? : the costs and benefits of skilled emigration -- 10. It neednt be forever : the case for temporary migration -- 11. Alien nation? : does immigration threaten national identity? -- 12. Huntington and Hispanics : is Latino immigration splitting America in two? -- 13. Stranger, can you spare a dime? : does immigration threaten social solidarity? -- 14. Learning to live together : how to integrate immigrants into society -- 15. Illiberal Islam? : do Muslim immigrants threaten our security and our way of life? -- 16. Open borders : let them in.
Presents an analysis of the cultural, economic, and social impact of immigration.
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