No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration
Second edition
Virtually any commodity can move around the world to satisfy demand, but human beings have far less freedom. Many would-be migrants are forced to risk life and limb traveling illegally. Yet most rich countries are short of workers, have shrinking populations, and need more immigrants.
The No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration is a timely primer to a major issue that is never far from the headlines.
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Praise
For anyone who wants a lucid, factual, reliable guide to some of the most important issues of our time, I strongly recommend you check out the No-Nonsense Guides.
– Howard Zinn, social activist and author of a A People’s History of America
A well-written and up-to-date guide that will be useful to students, scholars and anyone who wants to learn about migration.
– Professor Philip L. Martin, University of California, Chair of the Comparative Immigration & Integration Program and Editor of Migration News
The No-Nonsense Guides target those topics that a large army of voters cares about, but that politicos evade.
– The Independent, London, U.K.
A splendid new series of pocketable guides to issue politics…rigorously clear.
– The Guardian, London, U.K.
Contents
| Foreword | by Bona Malwal |
| Introduction | |
| Chapter 1 | How Many Immigrants Are There? |
| Chapter 2 | Why People Migrate |
| Chapter 3 | Choosing the Destination |
| Chapter 4 | The Economic Benefits of Immigration |
| Chapter 5 | Emigrants as Heroes |
| Chapter 6 | The Shock Absorbers for the Global Economy |
| Contacts | |
| Resources | |
| Index |
