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1 Online-Ressource (220 pages)
ISBN:
9781438466897
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SUNY Press Open Access Ser.
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Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Immigration as a Never-ending Saga -- Immigration as a Twenty-first Century Dilemma -- Theme and Variation in Immigration -- Constants in Immigration Experience -- Variations on the Theme -- Twenty-First-Century Immigration Patterns and the Role of Refugees as Triggers of Crisis -- A Framework for Analysis -- Immigration Theory -- The Utility of a Cross-disciplinary Framework -- Why Compare American and European Experiences? -- Geography and Its Limits -- History as Guide to the Present -- Relations with Neighbors -- Colonialism -- Immigration History as Pluralism or Segregation -- Economic Factors in Immigration -- Political Actors and Alignments -- Formal Actors: Institutions of Government and Their Partisan Bases -- Informal Political Forces: Interest Groups and Public Opinion -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 2 The United States: Immigration Model or Nation of Continuous Conflict? -- Immigration as Defined by Geography: The Physical Context -- Immigration in American History -- Immigration as a History of Surges and Ebbs -- Immigration as a History of Loosely Regulated Indifference -- Immigration as the Great Urban Experiment -- Immigration as Historical Inconsistency -- Immigration as Historical Myth and Current Reality -- Economic Factors in American Immigration -- Basic Economic Drivers of Immigration -- The Role of Immigrants in the Economic Structure -- The Appeal of Temporary Immigration -- The Key Role of Population Maintenance and Growth -- Lingering Economic Questions -- Political Climates and Alignments in Deciding Immigration Issues -- The Setting: Social and Cultural Elements in the Political Debate -- Partisan Bases of Division on Policy -- Parties and Governments Responding: State Immigration Laws
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Opinion Leaders: Interest Groups and Immigration -- Public Opinion -- The United States in the Throes of Immigration Dilemmas -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Great Britain: Reluctant Parent to the Former Empire -- The Geography of Insulation and Foreign Conquest -- The Tangled History of Colonialism and Contemporary Immigration -- Early Stages of Colonial Expansion -- The Imperial Century -- Breakup of the Empire -- The Immigration Consequences of Colonialism: Relations with the Former Empire -- The Decline of Emigration and Rise of Immigration -- Restrictive Immigration Laws -- Myth and Reality under Colonialism -- The Economics of Immigration in Britain -- Immigrant Labor in the Aftermath of World War II -- Economic Drivers of Immigration -- Economic Issues in Immigration Debates -- Political Alignments and Immigration -- The Setting for the Twenty-First Century Debate -- Political Institutions: The Primacy of Party Rule -- Institutions beyond Parties: Government Administration and Interest Groups -- Public Opinion and British Policy -- The Role of Immigration in the Brexit Vote -- Great Britain: Reluctant Host Revisited -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Germany: Denial, Acceptance, Recruitment of Immigrants -- German Geography as Changing Borders and Multiple Neighbors -- German Immigration History as Twentieth-Century Development -- Early Experience with Nationalism and Noncitizens -- The Postwar Boom and the Need for Immigrant Labor -- Attempts to Define Policies Relating to Foreigners after 1975 -- Special Immigration Cases: Ethnic Germans, Asylum Seekers, and Undocumented Workers -- Paying Attention to Foreigners after 1990 -- German History as a Saga of Aggressive Expansion and Rebirth as Peaceful Economic Power -- The Economics of Immigration in Germany -- The Early Postwar Economic Impact of Foreign Labor
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1973â1990 Economic Roles for Immigrants -- The Collapse of Soviet Eastern Europe, German Unification, and EU Expansion after 1990 -- Lingering Questions in the Economic Discussion -- Political Alignments and Immigration -- Germany before 1990 -- The Post-1990 Context -- Partisan Politics and Immigration Policy -- The Critical Role of Political Leadership -- Other Actors: State Agencies, Interest Groups, and Extremist Influence -- European Union Policies as Influences on German Immigration -- Public Opinion and Immigration Options -- Germany as the Evolving Immigration Nation -- For Further Reading -- Chaptera 5 France: Haven or Hell for Foreigners? -- French Geography and Its Limits -- French History and Its Frequently Open Door to Immigrants -- Early Experiences with Empire -- The Postwar Breakup of Empire and the Defining Experience in Algeria -- Immigration During and after the Algerian War -- Ethnic Unrest and the Changing Immigration Debate -- Accumulated and Unresolved Problems -- Economics and Immigration in France -- Postwar Immigration as the Beginning of a New Labor Force -- Restrictive Immigration and Redefinition of the Population -- Elements in the Economic Debate: Employment, Contributions, Costs -- Economic Immigration in Aging France -- Recurring Economic Issues -- The Politics of Immigration -- The Political Context -- National Government as the Locus of Immigration Policy -- Challenging National Control -- The Return of Immigration Politics to National Control -- Political Parties and the Special Role of the National Front -- Interest Groups and Immigration -- Public Opinion as the Hidden Definer of Policy -- The Changing Face of French Immigration -- Three Unresolved Issues -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 6 Comparing Immigration Lessons across Nations -- Comparing Basic Components of Immigration
Content:
The Disappearance and Reemergence of Geography -- The Burden and Perspective of History: Contrasting Themes -- Common Historical Themes -- Common Economic Patterns -- Political Actors in Immigration Policy -- Contrasting Experiences -- Common Trends -- The Challenge of Immigration to the European Union -- Refugees as the New Normal in Immigration -- Constructing Immigration Policies: Lessons Learned for Facing New Realities -- Immigration Lessons -- Constructing a Future of Positive Immigration -- References
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781438466873
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hoskin, Marilyn Understanding Immigration : Issues and Challenges in an Era of Mass Population Movement Albany : State University of New York Press,c2017 ISBN 9781438466873
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