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Köp båda 2 för 373 krA careful, balanced, and convincing take on one of the most divisive issues of our age. Backed by masses of data, Hein de Haas challenges much of what we think is obvious about migration, systematically busting myths and exposing propaganda from all across the political spectrum -- Ian Morris * author of Why The West Rules For Now * A book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions . . . [De Haas's] insights hold the key to effective migration policy . . . An important book, which should become a standard textbook for anyone seeking to have a real impact on migration -- Baroness Arminka Helic * The Telegraph * A powerful debunking of myths about global migration, and an indictment of the political dishonesty that generates them . . . a clear and rigorous corrective that aims to give the general reader the tools for a more informed debate in future -- Daniel Trilling * Guardian * Fact-filled, well-argued and authoritatively written . . . There is much to commend in this book, which effortlessly summarises decades of social science research on migration . . . De Haas has written a valuable book that, whatever ones views on immigration, will challenge many of the readers ides reues and leave them better informed -- Yuan Yi Zhu * The Times * Prepare to have your mind changed . . . de Haas shows that everything we think we know about migration is wrong. How Migration Really Works is a carefully evidenced critique . . . I am rereading this book (something crabbed reviewers never normally do) -- Simon Ings * New Scientist * An illuminating book -- Alan Beattie * Financial Times * This new study of migration and its attendant myths should be falling out of briefcases all over Westminster -- Serena Cesareo * Tortoise Media * De Haas deftly fillets the myriad myths in which our contradictory attitudes to immigration are rooted -- Kenan Malik * Observer * An impressively wide-ranging book . . . de Haas provides a welcome corrective to common misconceptions -- Alan Gamlen * Nature * An extraordinary and compelling book . . . takes two dozen myths about migration and ruthlessly demolishes them -- Gavin Esler * Perspective * A stimulating book . . . [that draws] on copious and often unexpected data -- Marco d'Eramo * New Left Review * Persuasive . . . this is an elegant book that focuses on the actual trends and patterns of migration . . . Armed with de Haass arguments, citizens will be better placed to challenge Western politicians when they make dubious assertions about the migrants in our midst -- Tunku Varadarajan * Wall Street Journal * How Migration Really Works is a rarer thing: a book that resolutely trashes the assumptions both the left and the right use to prop up their belief systems. It is a brave venture . . . At his most incisive Haas gives an insight into why politicians double down on bad migration policies that rarely achieve what they set out to do -- Ros Taylor * TLS * Immigration has been a leading political issue for decades. Yet the debate has been a triumph of feelings over facts. This brilliant book sheds light on a topic that will only become more relevant in the years ahead -- Aaron Bastani Fascinating -- Naga Munchetty We need much more rigorous scholarship and level-headed analysis of global migration trends -- and this exhaustive new book by Hein de Haas is a great place to start. At this urgent moment in Western political tensions over migration, he provides remarkable clarity and guidance on how to better navigate the pressing social and economic challenges ahead -- Dr. Parag Khanna * author of MOVE: Where People are Going for a Better Future * What if the central assumptions of the migration debate were plainly false? Hein de Haas challenges common myths about migration, defying orthodoxy on all sides of the debate, and bringing measured and thoughtful analysis to a vitriolic and polarized issue. How Migration Really Works is a necessary read for anyone inter
Hein de Haas is Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Professor of Migration and Development at the University of Maastricht. He formerly taught at the University of Oxford, where he co-founded and co-directed the International Migration Institute (IMI). He is lead author of The Age of Migration, a seminal textbook in the field of migration studies.