The Resource Immigrants : your country needs them, Philippe Legrain
Immigrants : your country needs them, Philippe Legrain
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- Summary
- "Immigration divides our globalizing world like no other issue. We are swamped by illegal immigrants and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our welfare system abused, our way of life destroyed- or so we are told. At a time when National Guard units are deployed alongside vigilante Minutemen on the U.S.-Mexico border, where the death toll in the past decade now exceeds 9/11's, Philippe Legrain has written the first book about immigration that looks beyond the headlines. Why are ever-rising numbers of people from poor countries arriving in the United States, Europe, and Australia? Can we keep them out? Should we even be trying? Combining compelling firsthand reporting from around the world, incisive socioeconomic analysis, and a broad understanding of what1s at stake politically and culturally, Immigrants is a passionate but lucid book. In our open world, more people will inevitably move across borders, Legrain says--and we should generally welcome them. They do the jobs we can1t or won1t do--and their diversity enriches us all. Left and Right, free marketeers and campaigners for global justice, enlightened patriots--all should rally behind the cause of freer migration, because They need Us and We need Them."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Princeton edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages)
- Note
- Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2006
- Contents
-
- Introduction. Migration isn't just for the birds : it's 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 of brain gain? : the costs and benefits of skilled emigration
- 10. It needn't 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
- Isbn
- 9781400865413
- Label
- Immigrants : your country needs them
- Title
- Immigrants
- Title remainder
- your country needs them
- Statement of responsibility
- Philippe Legrain
- Subject
-
- Electronic books
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Globalization
- Globalization
- Immigrants
- Immigrants
- Immigrants
- Immigrants -- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions
- Immigration and emigration
- Immigration and emigration
- Political Economics, other
- Politik
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration
- Social Sciences
- Social Sciences, Economics
- United States
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Émigration et immigration -- Aspect social
- Émigration et immigration -- Aspect économique
- États-Unis -- Émigration et immigration
- Immigrants -- États-Unis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Immigration divides our globalizing world like no other issue. We are swamped by illegal immigrants and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our welfare system abused, our way of life destroyed- or so we are told. At a time when National Guard units are deployed alongside vigilante Minutemen on the U.S.-Mexico border, where the death toll in the past decade now exceeds 9/11's, Philippe Legrain has written the first book about immigration that looks beyond the headlines. Why are ever-rising numbers of people from poor countries arriving in the United States, Europe, and Australia? Can we keep them out? Should we even be trying? Combining compelling firsthand reporting from around the world, incisive socioeconomic analysis, and a broad understanding of what1s at stake politically and culturally, Immigrants is a passionate but lucid book. In our open world, more people will inevitably move across borders, Legrain says--and we should generally welcome them. They do the jobs we can1t or won1t do--and their diversity enriches us all. Left and Right, free marketeers and campaigners for global justice, enlightened patriots--all should rally behind the cause of freer migration, because They need Us and We need Them."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Legrain, Philippe
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration
- United States
- Immigrants
- Émigration et immigration
- Émigration et immigration
- Immigrants
- États-Unis
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration
- Immigrants
- United States
- Immigration and emigration
- Immigrants
- Globalization
- Emigration and immigration
- Globalization
- Immigrants
- Immigration and emigration
- Political Economics, other
- Politik
- Social Sciences, Economics
- Social Sciences
- Label
- Immigrants : your country needs them, Philippe Legrain
- Note
- Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2006
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-359) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Migration isn't just for the birds : it's 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 of brain gain? : the costs and benefits of skilled emigration -- 10. It needn't 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
- Control code
- ocn894227040
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First Princeton edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400865413
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9781400865413
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 0ad89cee-087c-4e4c-9c24-3a75672fcf55
- 22573/ctt8s9t4t
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)894227040
- Label
- Immigrants : your country needs them, Philippe Legrain
- Note
- Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2006
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-359) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Migration isn't just for the birds : it's 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 of brain gain? : the costs and benefits of skilled emigration -- 10. It needn't 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
- Control code
- ocn894227040
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First Princeton edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400865413
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9781400865413
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 0ad89cee-087c-4e4c-9c24-3a75672fcf55
- 22573/ctt8s9t4t
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)894227040
Subject
- Electronic books
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Globalization
- Globalization
- Immigrants
- Immigrants
- Immigrants
- Immigrants -- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions
- Immigration and emigration
- Immigration and emigration
- Political Economics, other
- Politik
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration
- Social Sciences
- Social Sciences, Economics
- United States
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Émigration et immigration -- Aspect social
- Émigration et immigration -- Aspect économique
- États-Unis -- Émigration et immigration
- Immigrants -- États-Unis
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