Synopses & Reviews
This book is a systematic, comparative, multidisciplinary study of immigration policy and policy outcomes in nine industrialised democracies: the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Japan. It has two central theses. The first, the 'convergence hypothesis', is that there is a growing similarity in immigration policy, results, and public reaction within these nine countries. The second thesis, the 'gap hypothesis', argues that the gap between the goals of immigration policy and its outcomes is wide and growing wider. Beyond testing these hypotheses against new evidence, the book seeks to explain the declining effectiveness of immigration control measures in today's labour-importing democracies. In each of the country profiles, the author explains why certain measures were chosen, and why they usually failed to achieve their stated objectives.
Synopsis
A multidisciplinary, comparative treatment of immigration policy in the industrialised world.
Synopsis
This book is a multidisciplinary, comparative treatment of immigration policy and policy outcomes in nine industrialised democracies. It has two central theses, the 'convergence hypothesis' which postulates a growing similarity in immigration policy, and the 'gap hypothesis' which argues for a growing gap between the goals of immigration policy and its outcomes.
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; Part II. Countries of Immigration: The United States and Canada: 2. US Immigration and policy responses: the limits of legislation; 3. The United States: benign neglect toward immigration; 4. Canada: flexibility and control in immigration and refugee policy; Part III. Reluctant Countries of Immigration: France, Germany, Belgium, Britain: 5. Immigration and republicanism in France: the hidden consensus; 6. Germany: reluctant land of immigration Philip L. Martin; 7. Anxious neighbors: Belgium and its immigrant minorities Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco; 8. Britain: the would-be-zero-immigration country Zig Layton-Henry; Part IV. Latecomers to Immigration: Italy, Spain and Japan: 9. Italy and the new immigration Kitty Calavita; 10. Spain: the uneasy transition from labour exporter to labour importer Wayne A. Cornelius; 11. Japan: the illusion of immigration 'control' Wayne A. Cornelius; Part V. Statistical Appendix.