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Migration Reader: Exploring Politics and Policies »

Authors: Anthony M. Messina (Editor), Gallya Lahav
ISBN-13: 9781588263148, ISBN-10: 1588263142
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: February 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Anthony M. Messina

Book Synopsis

In the contexts of UN initiatives on international migration, current debates, and post-9/11 security concerns, political scientists Messina (U. of Notre Dame) and Lahav (State U. of New York at Stony Brook) introduce 14 chapters addressing the concepts, myths, trends, approaches to studying such migration, and policy implications. Other contributors further explore migration demographics; theoretical and research frameworks; immigration, refugee, and citizenship policies; the "new politics of resentment," and ethical issues. National and regional economic integration efforts such as NAFTA are also assessed. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

1	Introduction	1
2	Concepts and trends	9
2.1	Introduction	9
2.2	International migration : who, where and why?	15
2.3	International migration report 2002	24
3	Approaches to the study of international migration	31
3.1	Introduction	31
3.2	Theories of international migration : a review and appraisal	34
3.3	International migration in political perspective	63
3.4	On international migration and international relations	89
4	The emergence of immigrant societies	107
4.1	Introduction	107
4.2	Patterns of international migration policy : a diachronic comparison	110
4.3	Migration in modern European history	126
5	Post-World War II labor migrations	147
5.1	Introduction	147
5.2	Immigrant labour and working-class politics : the French and British experience	150
5.3	Migration, trade and the nation-state : the myth of globalization	170
6	The evolution of an international refugee regime	199
6.1	Introduction	199
6.2	The evolution of the international refugee regime	202
6.3	The Palestine question : dealing with a long-term refugee situation	216
7	Making and implementing immigration policy	233
7.1	Introduction	233
7.2	European immigration policy : a comparative study	235
7.3	Politics and ideology in policy formulation : the case of Kuwait	246
7.4	National and local politics and the development of immigration policy in the United States and France : a comparative analysis	267
7.5	The rise of nonstate actors in migration regulation in the United States and Europe : changing the gatekeepers or bringing back the state?	290
8	Economic considerations	315
8.1	Introduction	315
8.2	The new economics of immigration : affluent Americans gain, poor Americans lose	318
8.3	Give us your best, your brightest : immigration policy benefits U.S. society despite increasing problems	329
8.4	A modest contribution	334
9	Demographic challenges	341
9.1	Introduction	341
9.2	Replacement migration : is it a solution to declining and ageing populations?	343
9.3	Mass migration to Europe : demographic salvation, essential labor, or unwanted foreigners?	348
10	The politics of resentment	373
10.1	Introduction	373
10.2	Patterns in the making	375
10.3	The new politics of resentment : radical right-wing populist parties in Western Europe	384
11	Incorporating immigrants	403
11.1	Introduction	403
11.2	Immigration, citizenship, and the nation-state in France and Germany : a comparative historical analysis	406
11.3	The reevaluation of American citizenship	438
11.4	The political incorporation of immigrants in Europe : trends and implications	470
11.5	Migration regimes, intra-state conflicts and the politics of exclusion and inclusion : migrant workers in the Israeli welfare state	494
12	Challenges to state sovereignty	523
12.1	Introduction	523
12.2	Why liberal states accept unwanted immigration	526
12.3	Borders beyond control	552
12.4	NAFTA and the European referent : labor mobility in European and North American regional integration	558
13	Migration in a global era	569
13.1	Introduction	569
13.2	The mobility money can buy : human smuggling and border control in the European Union	571
13.3	The south-to-north migration of women	588
13.4	Foreign investment : a neglected variable	596
13.5	Extension du domaine de la lutte : international migration and security before and after 11 September 2001	609
14	Ethical dilemmas	617
14.1	Introduction	617
14.2	Aliens and citizens : the case for open borders	619
14.3	Right versus right : immigration and refugee policy in the United States	639
14.4	The liberal dilemma in the ethics of refugee policy	664

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