Comparative Politics of Immigration - Policy Choices in Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and the United States

Ellermann examines the development of immigration policies in four democracies from the postwar era to the present.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Theorizing immigration policy: veto points and the insulation logics of policy arenas; 3. The making of Swiss immigration policy: explaining permanent and temporary economic admissions; 4. The making of German immigration policy: explaining permanent and temporary economic admissions; 5. The making of Canadian immigration policy: explaining economic and family admissions; 6. The making of U.S. immigration policy: explaining economic and family admissions; 7. Conclusion

About the author

Antje Ellermann is Associate Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institute for European Studies and Co-Director of the Migration Research Excellence Cluster at the University of British Columbia. Her award-winning research focuses on the politics of migration and citizenship in liberal democracies. She is the author of States Against Migrants: Deportation in Germany and the United States (2009).

Summary

This book is for students of migration studies and public policy seeking to understand why governments adopt the immigration policies they do. Antje Ellermann provides critical insights into the dynamics of immigration politics in the United States, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland from the postwar era to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Antje Ellermann, Antje (University of British Columbia Ellermann, Ellermann Antje
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781316601617
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60161-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, immigration law, Migration, immigration & emigration, Comparative Politics, Migration, immigration and emigration, comparative law