Immigration policy : political influences, challenges and economic impact / Carissa Todd, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Todd, Carissa, editor.

Series:

Immigration in the 21st Century: Political, Social and Economic Issues

Immigration in the 21st Century : Political, Social and Economic Issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Emigration and immigration.

Comparative government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Immigration legislation is a debated subject among the attentive public and political operatives, at both the national and sub-national level of government, in the United States. In recent years, the American government has been more likely to pass new laws, with many states issuing new punitive measures intended to discourage migration into the US from Latin America. The move by sub-governments breaks with an historical pattern whereby immigration policy directives were the purview of the national government. American state governments, arguably, have been stirred to act because of gridlock a

Contents:

""IMMIGRATION POLICY: POLITICAL INFLUENCES, CHALLENGES AND ECONOMIC IMPACT""; ""IMMIGRATION POLICY: POLITICAL INFLUENCES, CHALLENGES AND ECONOMIC IMPACT""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: TESTING THE BASIS FOR MAJOR IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IN THE US: 1940-2002 ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH DESIGN""; ""THE CASES""; ""OPERATIONALIZING THE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES""; ""THE CASE STUDIES: TESTING THE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 2: POLICY TRANSFORMATION AROUND THE STATUS QUO: THE CASE OF US COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""IMMIGRATION POLICY SINCE 9/11: THE SECURITY DIMENSION""; ""IDEOLOGICAL POSITIONS AND IMMIGRATION REFORM""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY IN ITALY: POSITIVE ASPECTS AND THORNY ISSUES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION IN ITALY""; ""ASSISTANCE OF THE FOREIGN WORKERS DURING THEIR STAY IN ITALY""; ""OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM""

""WHEN THE FOREIGN WORKERS RETURN IN THEIR COUNTRIES""""PURPOSE OF THE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY ITALY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRANSNATIONALISM OF CHINESE MIGRANTS FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN NEW ZEALAND: RESULTS FROM AN ONLINE SURVEY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""A REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE""; ""METHODOLOGICAL NOTES""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63463-877-8

OCLC:

904249291