https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Foreign-and-Familiar https://booksandideas.net/Foreign-and-Familiar 2019-08-26T07:00:00Z text/html en Camille de Vulpillières Society International migration Institut des migrations <p>The “migrant crisis” has prompted a welcoming response on the part of many citizens. While their initiatives alone cannot address the challenges posed by migration, the anthropologist Michel Agier draws upon these examples to define the principles of a hospitality policy worthy of its name.</p> https://booksandideas.net/How-Oracles-Are-Forged https://booksandideas.net/How-Oracles-Are-Forged 2018-11-05T07:00:00Z text/html en François Héran Society International statistics demographics Africa Institut français migration Institut des migrations <p>Alarmist predictions about African migration are all the rage. François Héran shows that they are based less on a demographic approach than on an economic conjecture, and on the fallacy that development in Africa can only be achieved at the expense of Europe.</p>