Dialogues on migration policy / edited by Marco Giugni and Florence Passy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giugni, Marco.

Passy, Florence.

Series:

Program in migration and refugee studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Emigration and immigration.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Government policy.

Europe--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]

Summary:

Dialogues on Migration Policy brings together leading American and European scholars of immigration politics to address migration policy. Editors Marco Giugni and Florence Passy aim to present a number of informed "dialogues" addressing three main theoretical concerns in this field: the role of the national state in a globalizing world, the determinants of policy change, and the role of collective interests in migration policy. Adopting an unconventional format, the novelty of Dialogues on Migration Policy lies in the fact that it is structured around a series of debates among authors. In each debate, expert contributors-working in different theoretical traditions and with divergent views on the subject matter-present their arguments, and set the stage for commentary from a leading scholar. These lively and engaging debates are certain to engage scholars of migration, political science, and sociology.

Contents:

Introduction : four dialogues on migration policy / Marco Giugni and Florence Passy

Scope : global or national?

Social relations on a global scale : the implications for human rights and for democracy / David Jacobson and Galya Benarieh Ruffer

The nation-centered perspective / Adrian Favell

Commentary / Saskia Sassen

Determinants : economy or politics?

Economy versus the people? Swiss immigration policy between economic demand, xenophobia, and international constraint / Etienne Piguet

Immigrants, markets, and the American state : the political economy of U.S. immigration / James Hollifield, Valerie F. Hunt, and Daniel J. Tichenor

Commentary / Gary Freeman

Determinants: ethnicity or political channeling?

The nature of ethnicity in the project of migration / John Rex

Institutions, political opportunity structures, and the shaping of migration policies in Western Europe / Patrick Ireland

Commentary / Paul Statham

Influence : members or challengers?

Influencing migration policy from inside : political parties / Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos and Andrej Zaslove

Influencing policy from outside : the impact of migrant, extreme-right, and solidarity movements / Marco Giugni and Florence Passy

Commentary / Hanspeter Kriesi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index.

ISBN:

0739110977

0739110985

OCLC:

62118291