Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them

Zusatztext Full of striking information and thought-provoking statistics . . . A vigorous and stimulating contribution to one of the most important debates of our time Informationen zum Autor He studied econonmics & international politics at LSE and until recently he was special adviser to the D.G. of the WTO. He has also been trade & economics correspondent for THE ECONOMIST & written for the FT, Guardian, New Statesman, Prospect, Foreign Policy & Ecologist Klappentext Your country needs them! Philippe Legrain makes a compelling case for global immigration with a book that is guaranteed to spark debate. 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. Philippe Legrain makes a compelling case for global immigration with a book that is guaranteed to spark debate Zusammenfassung Philippe Legrain makes a compelling case for global immigration with a book that is guaranteed to spark debate

Product details

• Authors: Philippe Legrain, Phillipe Legrain, Legrain Philippe
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9780349119748
• ISBN: 978-0-349-11974-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 130 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples