
Immigrants
Your Country Needs Them
Philippe Legrain(Author)
Abacus (Publisher)
Published on 5. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-349-11974-8 (ISBN)
Description
Immigration divides our globalising world like no other issue. We are swamped by bogus asylum-seekers and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our benefit system abused, our way of life destroyed - or so we are told. Philippe Legrain, author of the critically acclaimed OPEN WORLD, has written the first book that looks beyond the headlines. Why are ever-rising numbers of people from poor countries arriving in Europe, North America and Australasia? Can we keep them out? Should we even be trying? Combining compelling first-hand reporting from around the world, incisive socio-economic analysis and a broad understanding of what is 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 can't or won't 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.
Reviews / Votes
The case for immigration ... is grounded in hard economic fact, as Philippe Legrain shows in IMMIGRANTS - a passionate and cogent plea for liberalising migration * FINANCIAL TIMES * Energetic and right-minded ... In all important respects Legrain is right on target; one turns his pages to the almost audible sound of nails being smacked on the head. In the context of the fearful chatter that surrounds the subject, sense as good as thi * GUARDIAN * A passionate, enormously detailed plea . . . He provides plenty of material to dispose of ill-informed predjudice * MAIL ON SUNDAY * Full of striking information and thought-provoking statistics . . . A vigorous and stimulating contribution to one of the most important debates of our time * SUNDAY BUSINESS POST *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 130 mm
Width: 200 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-349-11974-8 (9780349119748)
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Book
01/2007
Little, Brown & Company
€36.11
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Person
Philippe Legrain studied econonmics and international politics at LSE. Until recently he was special adviser to the DG of the WTO. He was trade and economics correspondent for THE ECONOMIST and has written for a large number of the respected newspapers and periodicals.