Antje Ellermann (Vancouver University of British Columbia)

The Comparative Politics of Immigration

Policy Choices in Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and the United States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 150mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9781316601617
• ISBN-10: 1316601617
• Artikelnr.: 60069911

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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