Immigration and the Politics of Welfare Exclusion - Selective Solidarity in Western Democracies

Why do some governments try to limit immigrants' access to social benefits and entitlements? This book reveals that such efforts have little to do with economic pressures but rather result from a political climate that rewards a punitive approach to immigration and multiculturalism.

Summary

Why do some governments try to limit immigrants' access to social benefits and entitlements? This book reveals that such efforts have little to do with economic pressures but rather result from a political climate that rewards a punitive approach to immigration and multiculturalism.

Product details

• Authors: Edward A. Koning
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781487504663
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0466-3
• No. of pages: 307
• Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy; Studies in Comparative Politic; Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy; Studies in Comparative Politic
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research