Anatomy of a Public Policy The Reform of Contemporary American Immigration Law

LeMay offers an insightful examination of the enactment of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and the Immigration Act of 1990. Using the enactment of immigration policy reform--the most substantial since 1965--he illustrates the various stages of the public policy process. He shows how problems, such as the illegal alien influx, become perceived of as public problems and get on the policy agenda of government. He illustrates the interaction of interest groups and political leadership in the branches of government in the formulation and enactment of policy reform.

By examining this area of public policy--one rich in human interest as well as substantive importance to American politics and public policy--LeMay provides useful insights into the policy process, Congressional decision-making, and the complexity of regulatory policy. This book will be of value to scholars of the immigration process, lawyers and practitioners involved in immigration, students of Congressional decision-making and of the public policy process, and general readers.

About the author

MICHAEL C. LeMAY is Professor and Chairman, Department of Political Science, and Director, National Security Studies Program, California State University, San Bernardino. Among his earlier publications are From Open Door to Dutch Door and The Gatekeepers (Praeger, 1987 and 1989, respectively).

Product details

• Authors: Michael Lemay, Michael C. LeMay
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.09.1994
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9780275949020
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94902-0
• Subjects: USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, Political structure & processes, immigration law, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Social Law, Civil rights & citizenship, Central / national / federal government policies, Political structure and processes, Civics and citizenship, Central government policies, Pressure groups & lobbying, Social law and Medical law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, Politics, Law, and Government, U.S. Public Policy and Administration