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Immigrants

Philippe Legrain

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.

  • Classification : Politics & Current Affairs
  • Pub Date : FEB 5, 2009
  • Imprint : Abacus
  • Page Extent : 384
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780349119748
  • Price : INR 899
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Philippe Legrain

He studied econonmics and international politics at LSE and until recently he was special adviser to the D.G. of the WTO. He has also been trade and economics correspondent for THE ECONOMIST and written for the FT Guardian New Statesman Prospect Foreign Policy and Ecologist>

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