Dialogues on Migration Policy

Edited by Marco Giugni, Florence Passy

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Publication date:

30 March 2006

Length of book:

268 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739154205

Dialogues on Migration Policy brings together leading American and European scholars of immigration politics to address migration policy. Editors Marco Giugni and Florence Passy's 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 confront each other followed by a commentary from a leading scholar based on her/his reading of these authors' views. These lively debates are certain to engage scholars of migration, political science, and sociology.

Chapter 1 Four Dialogues on Migration Policy
Chapter 2 Scope: Global or National?
Chapter 3 Social Relations on a Global Scale: The Implications or Human Rights and for Democracy
Chapter 4 The Nation-Centered Perspective
Chapter 5 Commentary
Chapter 6 Determinants: Economy or Politics?
Chapter 7 Economy versus the People? Swiss Immigration Policy between Economic Demand, Xenophobia, and International Constraint
Chapter 8 Immigrants, Markets, and the American State: The Political Economy of U.S. Immigration
Chapter 9 Commentary
Chapter 10 Determinants: Ethnicity or Political Channeling?
Chapter 11 The Nature of Ethnicity in the Project of Migration
Chapter 12 Institutions, Political Opportunity Structures, and the Shaping of MigrationPolicies in Western Europe
Chapter 13 Commentary
Chapter 14 Influence: Members or Challengers?
Chapter 15 Influencing Migration Policy from Inside: Political Parties
Chapter 16 Influencing Policy from Outside: The Impact of Migrant, Extreme-Right, and Solidarity Movements
Chapter 17 Commentary

I liked this book for its clever design and the impressive line-up of some of the leading writers on migration policy. It's a winner.....