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A New Agenda for Immigration and Citizenship Policy Research
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Abstract
Given the widespread interest in political solutions to the current problems associated with immigration, we need to have an accurate understanding of existing policies in a cross-national perspective. To explain the coming into being and effectiveness of these policies, researchers have recently st... view more
Given the widespread interest in political solutions to the current problems associated with immigration, we need to have an accurate understanding of existing policies in a cross-national perspective. To explain the coming into being and effectiveness of these policies, researchers have recently started to quantify immigration and citizenship policies and built databases across time and a large number of countries. These indices are likely to reconnect political science research with a field from which it has long been disconnected in terms of theories and methodology - the sub-field of migration and citizenship research. This special issue brings together scholars from North America and Europe who have been at the forefront of index-building and have started to employ these indices in empirical research.... view less
Keywords
migration; immigration policy; citizenship; migration research; comparative political science
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
policy indices
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 3-13
Journal
Comparative political studies, 50 (2017) 1
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180108
ISSN
1552-3829
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
With the permission of the rights owner, this publication is under open access due to a (DFG-/German Research Foundation-funded) national or Alliance license.