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" Brain gain : "
Darrell M. West.
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BL
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976885
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b731255
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West, Darrell M.,1954-
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Brain gain : : rethinking U.S. immigration policy /\ Darrell M. West.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2010.
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Brookings focus books
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1 online resource (xvii, 182 pages) :: illustrations
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0815704836
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: 9781282641617
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: 9781283951937
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: 9786612641619
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0815704828
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9780815704829
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9780815722236
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface -- The costs and benefits of immigration -- Competing policy principles -- Overcoming particularistic politics -- Problematic media converage -- Shifting public opinion -- Porous borders and unequal justice -- The Einstein Principle.
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| Abstract
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In Brain Gain, Darrell West addresses why immigration policy is so politically difficult in the United States despite the substantial social, economic, intellectual, and cultural benefits it brings. The problem is largely one of vision. U.S. policy ought to recognize and reflect the tremendous benefits of bringing in new blood, yet public discourse and political debates tend to emphasize the perceived downsides. Fear too often trumps optimism and reason.
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Emigration and immigration-- Government policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Emigration Immigration.
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United States, Emigration and immigration, Government policy.
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United States.
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325.73
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JV6483.W47 2010eb
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Brookings Institution.
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