🧩 Migration And Cohesion

An examination of how societies absorb newcomers, exploring the tensions and possibilities that arise when migration tests the bonds of community.

The Diversity Illusion

by Ed West • 2012

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

4.04

226

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital

The Diversity Illusion 90%

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

by Ed West 2012

4.04

226 ratings

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital

How Migration Really Works

by Hein de Haas • 2023

Migration hasn't surged in sixty years. Nearly everything politicians say about it is backwards.

4.35

3k+

🔬 Migration Studies 💼 Labor Economics 🌱 Development Economics

How Migration Really Works 90%

Migration hasn't surged in sixty years. Nearly everything politicians say about it is backwards.

by Hein de Haas 2023

4.35

3k+ ratings

🔬 Migration Studies 💼 Labor Economics 🌱 Development Economics

The Strange Death of Europe

by Douglas Murray • 2017

Europe is being remade through mass immigration, paralyzed by a guilt that forbids honest debate.

4.15

13k+

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇪🇺 European Identity 🚢 Mass Migration

The Strange Death of Europe 89%

Europe is being remade through mass immigration, paralyzed by a guilt that forbids honest debate.

by Douglas Murray 2017

4.15

13k+ ratings

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇪🇺 European Identity 🚢 Mass Migration

Ethnic Boundary Making

by Andreas Wimmer • 2012

Ethnic boundaries are built, not inherited. Who draws the lines, and how they get enforced.

3.55

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Ethnicity 📐 Boundary Theory 🚧 Social Closure

Ethnic Boundary Making 89%

Ethnic boundaries are built, not inherited. Who draws the lines, and how they get enforced.

by Andreas Wimmer 2012

3.55

22 ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Ethnicity 📐 Boundary Theory 🚧 Social Closure

Enrique's Journey

by Sonia Nazario • 2005

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

3.88

17k+

🌍 Immigration Stories 🌎 Central America 👦 Child Migration

Enrique's Journey 89%

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

by Sonia Nazario 2005

3.88

17k+ ratings

🌍 Immigration Stories 🌎 Central America 👦 Child Migration

The Great Demographic Illusion

by Richard Alba • 2020

One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.

4.03

🧬 Mixed Race Identity 📊 Census Politics 🔄 Assimilation Theory

The Great Demographic Illusion 88%

One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.

by Richard Alba 2020

4.03

38 ratings

🧬 Mixed Race Identity 📊 Census Politics 🔄 Assimilation Theory

Mexifornia

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2003

California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.

3.93

760

🌎 Undocumented Immigration 🗣️ Assimilation Debates 📚 Critique Of Multiculturalism

Mexifornia 88%

California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2003

3.93

760 ratings

🌎 Undocumented Immigration 🗣️ Assimilation Debates 📚 Critique Of Multiculturalism

Undoing Border Imperialism

by Harsha Walia • 2013

Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.

4.51

525

🚫 Border Abolition ✊ Migrant Justice 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Undoing Border Imperialism 88%

Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.

by Harsha Walia 2013

4.51

525 ratings

🚫 Border Abolition ✊ Migrant Justice 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany by Rogers Brubaker

by Rogers Brubaker • 1992

France grants citizenship by birth; Germany by blood. Two centuries of nationhood, not policy.

3.68

🏳️ National Identity 📜 Citizenship Studies 🏛️ French Republicanism

Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany by Rogers Brubaker Summary

Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany by Rogers Brubaker 88%

France grants citizenship by birth; Germany by blood. Two centuries of nationhood, not policy.

by Rogers Brubaker 1992

3.68

84 ratings

🏳️ National Identity 📜 Citizenship Studies 🏛️ French Republicanism

Multicultural Citizenship

by Will Kymlicka • 1995

Collective rights for minorities are not a betrayal of liberalism; they are its logical extension.

3.68

282

🏛️ Liberal Political Theory ⚖️ Minority Rights 🌍 Cultural Diversity

Multicultural Citizenship 88%

Collective rights for minorities are not a betrayal of liberalism; they are its logical extension.

by Will Kymlicka 1995

3.68

282 ratings

🏛️ Liberal Political Theory ⚖️ Minority Rights 🌍 Cultural Diversity

In the Sea There are Crocodiles

by Fabio Geda • 2010

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

4.01

15k+

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

In the Sea There are Crocodiles 88%

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

by Fabio Geda 2010

4.01

15k+ ratings

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

Parenting with an Accent

by Masha Rumer • 2021

Parenting advice assumes a shared culture. Immigrant families must invent their own playbook.

4.21

129

🧳 Immigrant Families 🌍 Cross-Cultural Parenting 🎭 Cultural Identity

Parenting with an Accent 88%

Parenting advice assumes a shared culture. Immigrant families must invent their own playbook.

by Masha Rumer 2021

4.21

129 ratings

🧳 Immigrant Families 🌍 Cross-Cultural Parenting 🎭 Cultural Identity

Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict

by Andreas Wimmer • 1998

Citizenship, welfare, equality: modernity's promises were always reserved for ethnic insiders.

3.83

🏛️ Nation-State Formation ⚔️ Ethnic Conflict 📊 Comparative Politics

Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict Summary

Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict 88%

Citizenship, welfare, equality: modernity's promises were always reserved for ethnic insiders.

by Andreas Wimmer 1998

3.83

12 ratings

🏛️ Nation-State Formation ⚔️ Ethnic Conflict 📊 Comparative Politics

Americanized

by Sara Saedi • 2018

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

3.91

3k+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

Americanized 88%

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

by Sara Saedi 2018

3.91

3k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

A Nation by Design

by Aristide R. Zolberg • 2006

America's open-border myth hides a centuries-long project of population engineering.

3.82

🛂 Immigration Policy 🏛️ American Political Development 🚧 Border Enforcement History

A Nation by Design 88%

America's open-border myth hides a centuries-long project of population engineering.

by Aristide R. Zolberg 2006

3.82

55 ratings

🛂 Immigration Policy 🏛️ American Political Development 🚧 Border Enforcement History

The Almost Nearly Perfect People

by Michael Booth • 2014

The Nordic countries top happiness rankings. Here's what the rankings don't tell you.

3.86

12k+

🌍 Nordic Countries 🏛️ Welfare State 🤝 Immigration Integration

The Almost Nearly Perfect People Summary

The Almost Nearly Perfect People 88%

The Nordic countries top happiness rankings. Here's what the rankings don't tell you.

by Michael Booth 2014

3.86

12k+ ratings

🌍 Nordic Countries 🏛️ Welfare State 🤝 Immigration Integration

The Great Experiment

by Yascha Mounk • 2022

Diverse democracies keep breaking apart. The surprising fix: a patriotism that includes everyone.

3.71

977

🌍 Multicultural Democracies 🧠 Group Psychology 🏛️ Civic Nationalism

The Great Experiment 88%

Diverse democracies keep breaking apart. The surprising fix: a patriotism that includes everyone.

by Yascha Mounk 2022

3.71

977 ratings

🌍 Multicultural Democracies 🧠 Group Psychology 🏛️ Civic Nationalism

One Nation, After All

by Alan Wolfe • 1998

Culture war? Most Americans are too busy living moderate, practical lives to join the fight.

3.24

🗳️ Political Attitudes 💼 Middle Class 📊 Cultural Sociology

One Nation, After All 88%

Culture war? Most Americans are too busy living moderate, practical lives to join the fight.

by Alan Wolfe 1998

3.24

38 ratings

🗳️ Political Attitudes 💼 Middle Class 📊 Cultural Sociology

"They Take Our Jobs!"

by Aviva Chomsky • 2007

We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.

4.06

623

📋 Immigration Policy 🚧 Border Militarization 🌍 Global Inequality

"They Take Our Jobs!" 88%

We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.

by Aviva Chomsky 2007

4.06

623 ratings

📋 Immigration Policy 🚧 Border Militarization 🌍 Global Inequality

The Next America

by Paul Taylor • 2014

By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.

3.67

697

🏛️ Generational Conflict 📊 Demographic Change 🏥 Social Safety Net

The Next America 88%

By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.

by Paul Taylor 2014

3.67

697 ratings

🏛️ Generational Conflict 📊 Demographic Change 🏥 Social Safety Net

Divided

by Tim Marshall • 2018

We were promised a borderless world. There are more walls now than during the Cold War.

4.01

7k+

🌍 Geopolitics 🧱 Border Barriers 🚩 Nationalism

Divided 88%

We were promised a borderless world. There are more walls now than during the Cold War.

by Tim Marshall 2018

4.01

7k+ ratings

🌍 Geopolitics 🧱 Border Barriers 🚩 Nationalism

Nomad Century

by Gaia Vince • 2022

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

3.84

1k+

🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics

Nomad Century 88%

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

by Gaia Vince 2022

3.84

1k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics

Euroclash

by Neil Fligstein • 2008

The EU was built for winners. Its future hinges on the nervous middle class.

3.76

🏛️ European Integration 🌍 Class And Globalization 🪪 European Identity

Euroclash 87%

The EU was built for winners. Its future hinges on the nervous middle class.

by Neil Fligstein 2008

3.76

21 ratings

🏛️ European Integration 🌍 Class And Globalization 🪪 European Identity

Mañana o pasado

by Jorge G. Castañeda • 2011

Why Mexico remains stuck between past and future, and what its diaspora reveals about change.

3.62

358

🇲🇽 Mexican Society 🏳️ National Identity 🚧 Development Obstacles

Mañana o pasado 87%

Why Mexico remains stuck between past and future, and what its diaspora reveals about change.

by Jorge G. Castañeda 2011

3.62

358 ratings

🇲🇽 Mexican Society 🏳️ National Identity 🚧 Development Obstacles

Outcasts United

by Warren St. John • 2009

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

3.84

8k+

⚽ Youth Sports 🏠 Refugee Resettlement 🏟️ Sports And Community

Outcasts United 87%

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

by Warren St. John 2009

3.84

8k+ ratings

⚽ Youth Sports 🏠 Refugee Resettlement 🏟️ Sports And Community

Le suicide français

by Éric Zemmour • 2014

France did not fall. It dismantled itself, one law at a time, over forty years.

3.51

294

🗳️ French Politics 📉 National Decline 🏛️ Cultural Decline

Le suicide français 87%

France did not fall. It dismantled itself, one law at a time, over forty years.

by Éric Zemmour 2014

3.51

294 ratings

🗳️ French Politics 📉 National Decline 🏛️ Cultural Decline

Prey

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • 2021

Mass migration is eroding European women's safety, and liberal authorities refuse to name the cause.

4.13

1k+

⚠️ Sexual Violence 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏘️ Urban Segregation

Prey 87%

Mass migration is eroding European women's safety, and liberal authorities refuse to name the cause.

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021

4.13

1k+ ratings

⚠️ Sexual Violence 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏘️ Urban Segregation

Making Americans

by Desmond King • 2000

How a century of immigration quotas and eugenics built whiteness into the definition of American.

3.17

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇺🇸 American Nationalism 🧬 Racial Formation

Making Americans 87%

How a century of immigration quotas and eugenics built whiteness into the definition of American.

by Desmond King 2000

3.17

12 ratings

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇺🇸 American Nationalism 🧬 Racial Formation

Why Empires Fall

by Peter Heather and John Rapley • 1983

Barbarians didn't kill Rome; economic shifts on its frontiers did. The West is next.

3.60

962

🏛️ Imperial Decline 📜 Comparative History 🌍 Global Power Shift

Why Empires Fall 87%

Barbarians didn't kill Rome; economic shifts on its frontiers did. The West is next.

by Peter Heather and John Rapley 1983

3.60

962 ratings

🏛️ Imperial Decline 📜 Comparative History 🌍 Global Power Shift

Working Toward Whiteness

by David R. Roediger • 2005

Southern and Eastern Europeans were not white when they arrived. The journey that changed that.

3.83

370

🧳 Immigration History 👥 Whiteness Studies 🏭 Racialized Labor

Working Toward Whiteness 87%

Southern and Eastern Europeans were not white when they arrived. The journey that changed that.

by David R. Roediger 2005

3.83

370 ratings

🧳 Immigration History 👥 Whiteness Studies 🏭 Racialized Labor

The Good Immigrant

by Nikesh Shukla • 2019

Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.

4.24

2k+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🚧 Systemic Racism 🚪 Conditional Belonging

The Good Immigrant 87%

Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.

by Nikesh Shukla 2019

4.24

2k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🚧 Systemic Racism 🚪 Conditional Belonging

Third Culture Kids

by Ruth E. van Reken • 1999

A childhood spent crossing cultures builds extraordinary skills and a grief most people never see.

4.09

2k+

🧳 Third Culture Kids 🌍 Cross-Cultural Identity 👶 Expat Childhood

Third Culture Kids 87%

A childhood spent crossing cultures builds extraordinary skills and a grief most people never see.

by Ruth E. van Reken 1999

4.09

2k+ ratings

🧳 Third Culture Kids 🌍 Cross-Cultural Identity 👶 Expat Childhood

The New Vichy Syndrome

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2010

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

3.89

238

🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism

The New Vichy Syndrome 87%

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2010

3.89

238 ratings

🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism

Als wir Schwäne waren

by Behzad Karim Khani • 2024

An Iranian boy grows up in a German housing estate where fists speak louder than his parents' hopes.

4.33

1k+

🏙️ Housing Estate Life 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👥 Gang Loyalty And Rivalry

Als wir Schwäne waren 87%

An Iranian boy grows up in a German housing estate where fists speak louder than his parents' hopes.

by Behzad Karim Khani 2024

4.33

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Housing Estate Life 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👥 Gang Loyalty And Rivalry

The Great Displacement

by Jake Bittle • 2023

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

4.28

4k+

🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration

The Great Displacement 87%

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

by Jake Bittle 2023

4.28

4k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration

American Poison

by Eduardo Porter • 2020

White America starved the safety net to keep it from minorities. Then inequality came for everyone.

3.91

270

🧱 Us Race Relations 🔍 Structural Racism 🏛️ Welfare State

American Poison 87%

White America starved the safety net to keep it from minorities. Then inequality came for everyone.

by Eduardo Porter 2020

3.91

270 ratings

🧱 Us Race Relations 🔍 Structural Racism 🏛️ Welfare State

Le Triangle et l'Hexagone

by Maboula Soumahoro • 2020

Black and French was a contradiction. She crossed the Atlantic to make it a declaration.

4.38

154

🗺️ Postcolonial France 🌊 Black Atlantic Studies ✍️ Auto-Theory

Le Triangle et l'Hexagone 87%

Black and French was a contradiction. She crossed the Atlantic to make it a declaration.

by Maboula Soumahoro 2020

4.38

154 ratings

🗺️ Postcolonial France 🌊 Black Atlantic Studies ✍️ Auto-Theory

Anti-Pluralism

by William A. Galston • 2018

When economies stop delivering, democracies start falling. Populism is the symptom, not the disease.

3.76

151

🏛️ Liberal Democracy 📢 Populism Studies 💸 Economic Anxiety

Anti-Pluralism 87%

When economies stop delivering, democracies start falling. Populism is the symptom, not the disease.

by William A. Galston 2018

3.76

151 ratings

🏛️ Liberal Democracy 📢 Populism Studies 💸 Economic Anxiety

Adriatic

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2022

Where empires and religions mixed for centuries, Europe's post-national future is already written.

3.61

888

🏛️ Mediterranean History ✍️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitics

Adriatic 87%

Where empires and religions mixed for centuries, Europe's post-national future is already written.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2022

3.61

888 ratings

🏛️ Mediterranean History ✍️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitics

Mother Tongue

by Christine Gilbert • 2016

A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.

3.72

449

🌊 Language Immersion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting ✈️ Family Travel

Mother Tongue 87%

A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.

by Christine Gilbert 2016

3.72

449 ratings

🌊 Language Immersion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting ✈️ Family Travel

The Mindset Of A Refugee

by Joseph Minani • 2020

A mindset forged in displacement could be the world's most powerful engine for change.

🏕️ Refugee Resilience 🌱 Cultivating Hope 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Mindset Of A Refugee 87%

A mindset forged in displacement could be the world's most powerful engine for change.

by Joseph Minani 2020

🏕️ Refugee Resilience 🌱 Cultivating Hope 🩹 Trauma Recovery

A Different Mirror

by Ronald Takaki • 1993

The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.

4.18

5k+

🌍 Multicultural History 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Race In America 🧳 Immigrant Experiences

A Different Mirror 87%

The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.

by Ronald Takaki 1993

4.18

5k+ ratings

🌍 Multicultural History 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Race In America 🧳 Immigrant Experiences

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 87%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Language City

by Ross Perlin • 2024

Seven hundred languages pack New York City. Most are on the verge of silence.

4.20

919

🗽 Endangered Languages 🌍 Linguistic Diversity 📚 Language Preservation

Language City 87%

Seven hundred languages pack New York City. Most are on the verge of silence.

by Ross Perlin 2024

4.20

919 ratings

🗽 Endangered Languages 🌍 Linguistic Diversity 📚 Language Preservation

Solito

by Javier Zamora • 2022

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

4.48

81k+

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing

Solito 87%

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

by Javier Zamora 2022

4.48

81k+ ratings

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing

The Latehomecomer

by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

4.18

9k+

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The Latehomecomer 87%

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

by Kao Kalia Yang 2008

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The Full English

by Stuart Maconie • 2023

England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.

4.04

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity 📖 Literary Travel 🏭 Deindustrialization

The Full English 87%

England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.

by Stuart Maconie 2023

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity 📖 Literary Travel 🏭 Deindustrialization

Brown Enough

by Christopher Rivas • 2022

The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.

4.28

310

🤎 Mixed Race Identity 🌎 Latinx Diaspora 🎨 Colorism

Brown Enough 87%

The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.

by Christopher Rivas 2022

4.28

310 ratings

🤎 Mixed Race Identity 🌎 Latinx Diaspora 🎨 Colorism

Vanishing Frontiers

by Andrew Selee • 2018

While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.

3.88

129

🇲🇽 Us-Mexico Relations 🌉 Cross-Border Integration 🔗 Economic Interdependence

Vanishing Frontiers 87%

While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.

by Andrew Selee 2018

3.88

129 ratings

🇲🇽 Us-Mexico Relations 🌉 Cross-Border Integration 🔗 Economic Interdependence

Spirit Of Community

by Amitai Etzioni • 1993

The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.

3.50

🏘️ Communitarianism ⚖️ Rights And Duties 📚 Moral Education

Spirit Of Community 87%

The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.

by Amitai Etzioni 1993

3.50

80 ratings

🏘️ Communitarianism ⚖️ Rights And Duties 📚 Moral Education

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