Immigrants : your country needs them

Legrain, Philippe. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780691134314
ISBN: 0691134316
Physical Description: print
xvi, 374 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st Princeton ed.
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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. 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 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.