Legrain Immigrants

Your Country Needs Them
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6541-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Legrain, Philippe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE ix

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xv

Introduction: MIGRATION ISN'T JUST FOR THE BIRDS 1

It's time for fresh thinking about immigration

Chapter 1: WAR ON OUR BORDERS 23

The hidden costs of immigration controls

Chapter 2: BORDER CROSSING 44

How migrants got to where they are now

Chapter 3: WHY WE NEED THE HUDDLED MASSES 61

The case for low-skilled migration

Chapter 4: THE GLOBAL TALENT CONTEST 89

The pros and cons of high-skilled migration

Chapter 5: COSMOPOLITAN AND RICH 117

The economic benefits of diversity

Chapter 6: STEALING OUR JOBS? 133

Do immigrants displace local workers?

Chapter 7: SNOUTS IN OUR TROUGH? 144

Are immigrants a burden on the welfare state?

Chapter 8: OUR HEROES' 161

How migration helps poor countries

Chapter 9: BRAIN DRAIN OR BRAIN GAIN? 179

The costs and benefits of skilled emigration

Chapter 10: IT NEEDN'T BE FOREVER 198

The case for temporary migration

Chapter 11: ALIEN NATION? 207

Does immigration threaten national identity?

Chapter 12: HUNTINGTON AND HISPANICS 226

Is Latino immigration splitting America in two?

Chapter 13: STRANGER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? 245

Does immigration threaten social solidarity?

Chapter 14: LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER 258

How to integrate immigrants into society

Chapter 15: ILLIBERAL ISLAM? 289

Do Muslim immigrants threaten our security and our way of life?

Chapter 16: OPEN BORDERS 318

Let them in

NOTES 334

INDEX 360

Über Autor(innen)

Philippe Legrain is a British economist, journalist, and writer. Previously trade and economics correspondent for the Economist and special adviser to the director-general of the World Trade Organization, he is the author of Open World: The Truth About Globalization, and has written for the Financial Times, the New Republic, and Foreign Policy, among other publications