Immigration Under New Labour

Author : Somerville, Will
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847422576

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Immigration under New Labour by Somerville, Will Pdf

Lurid headlines on every aspect of migration have been a consistent feature of the last decade, from worries over asylum seekers to concerns about unprecedented economic immigration from Eastern Europe. This book presents the first comprehensive account of government policy on immigration over the last ten years, providing an in-depth analysis of policy and legislation since Tony Blair and New Labour were first elected. The account begins by placing policy change under Labour in their proper historical context, before examining the key policy themes - economic migration; security; integration; asylum; delivery - of the last decade. Through an analysis of such policy themes, the author contends that immigration policy has undergone an intense and innovative transformation in the period from May 1997 to May 2007. Arguing that a more plural system of governance exists, the author challenges traditional accounts of policy development. By addressing the various influences on immigration policymaking, from globalisation, the European Union and the law, to politics, the media and the networks of special interests, he seeks to provide a holistic explanation for the transformation of immigration policy. The author concludes with an evaluation of Labour's immigration reforms, and whether government policy can be judged a success. The book will be of interest to policymakers, academics, students studying immigration, and readers interested in serious current affairs.

Author : Erica Consterdine
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319646923

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Labour's Immigration Policy by Erica Consterdine Pdf

This book explains how and why the New Labour governments transformed Britain’s immigration system from a highly restrictive regime to one of the most expansive in Europe, otherwise known as the Managed Migration policy. It offers the first in-depth and candid account of this period of dramatic political development from the actors who made policy during ‘the making of the migrant state.’ Drawing on document analysis and over 50 elite interviews, the book sets out to explain how and why this radical policy change transpired, by examining how organized interests, political parties and institutions shaped and changed policy. This book offers valuable insights to anyone who wants to understand why immigration is dominating the political debate, and will be essential reading for those wanting to know why governments pursue expansive immigration regimes.

Author : M. Schain
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137047892

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The Politics of Immigration in France, Britain, and the United States by M. Schain Pdf

Updated through 2012 with all-new material in every chapter, Schain's book provides a detailed, comparative look at the policies that drive and inform immigration politics in three Western countries, and shows how immigration policy has political sources far beyond labor market needs.

Author : Laurie Berg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317617815

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Migrant Rights at Work by Laurie Berg Pdf

Public debates about the terms of membership and inclusion have intensified as developed economies increasingly rely on temporary migrant labour. While most agree that temporary migrant workers are entitled to the general protection of employment laws, temporary migrants have, by definition, restricted rights to residence, full social protections and often to occupational and geographic mobility. This book raises important ethical questions about the differential treatment of temporary and unauthorised migrant workers, and permanent residents, and where the line should be drawn between exploitation and legitimate employment. Taking the regulatory reforms of Australia as a key case study, Laurie Berg explores how the influence of immigration law extends beyond its functions in regulating admission to and exclusion from a country. Berg examines the ways in which immigration law and enforcement reconfigure the relationships between migrant workers and employers, producing uncertain and coercive working conditions. In presenting an analytical approach to issues of temporary labour migration, the book develops a unique theoretical framework, contending that the concept of precariousness is a more fruitful way than equality or vulnerability to evaluate and address issues of temporary migrant labour. The book will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of immigration law and employment law and policy.

Author : Cathryn Costello,Mark Freedland
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191023514

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Migrants at Work by Cathryn Costello,Mark Freedland Pdf

There is a highly significant and under-considered intersection and interaction between migration law and labour law. Labour lawyers have tended to regard migration law as generally speaking outside their purview, and migration lawyers have somewhat similarly tended to neglect labour law. The culmination of a collaborative project on 'Migrants at Work' funded by the John Fell Fund, the Society of Legal Scholars, and the Research Centre at St John's College, Oxford, this volume brings together distinguished legal and migration scholars to examine the impact of migration law on labour rights and how the regulation of migration increasingly impacts upon employment and labour relations. Examining and clarifying the interactions between migration, migration law, and labour law, contributors to the volume identify the many ways that migration law, as currently designed, divides the objectives of labour law, privileging concerns about the labour supply and demand over worker-protective concerns. In addition, migration law creates particular forms of status, which affect employment relations, thereby dividing the subjects of labour law. Chapters cover the labour laws of the UK, Australia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and the US. References are also made to discrete practices in Brazil, France, Greece, New Zealand, Mexico, Poland, and South Africa. These countries all host migrants and have developed systems of migration law reflecting very different trajectories. Some are traditional countries of immigration and settlement migration, while others have traditionally been countries of emigration but now import many workers. There are, nonetheless, common features in their immigration law which have a profound impact on labour law, for instance in their shared contemporary shift to using temporary labour migration programmes. Further chapters examine EU and international law on migration, labour rights, human rights, and human trafficking and smuggling, developing cross-jurisdictional and multi-level perspectives. Written by leading scholars of labour law, migration law, and migration studies, this book provides a diverse and multidisciplinary approach to this field of legal interaction, of interest to academics, policymakers, legal practitioners, trade unions, and migrants' groups alike.

Author : David Goutor
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774840903

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Guarding the Gates by David Goutor Pdf

From the 1870s until the Great Depression, immigration was often the question of the hour in Canada. Politicians, the media, and an array of interest groups viewed it as essential to nation building, developing the economy, and shaping Canada's social and cultural character. One of the groups most determined to influence public debate and government policy on the issue was organized labour, and unionists were often relentless critics of immigrant recruitment. Guarding the Gates is the first detailed study of Canadian labour leaders' approach to immigration, a key battleground in struggles between different political factions within the labour movement. This book provides new insights into labour, immigration, social, and political history.

Author : OECD,International Labour Organization
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264288737

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How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies by OECD,International Labour Organization Pdf

How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies is the result of a project carried out by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization, with support from the European Union. The report covers the ten project partner countries.

Author : Mr Michael Alexander
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409490906

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Cities and Labour Immigration by Mr Michael Alexander Pdf

Using a unique analytical framework based on host–stranger relations, this book explores the response of cities to the arrival and settlement of labour immigrants. Comparing the local policies of four cities – Paris, Amsterdam, Rome and Tel Aviv – Michael Alexander charts the development of migrant policies over time and situates them within the broader social context. Grounded in multi-city, multi-domain empirical findings, the work provides a fuller understanding of the interaction between cities and their migrant populations. Filling a gap in existing literature on migrant policy between national-level theorizing and local-level study, the book will provide an important basis for future research in the area.

Author : Jane Wills,Kavita Datta,Jara Evans,Joanna Herbert,Jon May,Cathy McIlwaine
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745327982

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Global Cities at Work by Jane Wills,Kavita Datta,Jara Evans,Joanna Herbert,Jon May,Cathy McIlwaine Pdf

This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from more than 800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the early years of the new century. Global Cities at Work breaks new ground in linking London's new migrant division of labor to the twin processes of subcontracting and increased international migration that have been central to contemporary processes of globalization. Global Cities at Work raises the level of debate about migrant labor, encouraging policy-makers, journalists and social scientists to look behind the headlines. The book calls us to take a politically-informed geographical view of our urban labor markets and to prioritize the issue of working poverty and its implications for both unemployment and community cohesion.

Author : Patti Tamara Lenard,Christine Straehle
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773540415

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Legislated Inequality by Patti Tamara Lenard,Christine Straehle Pdf

A timely analysis of Canadian temporary labour migration policies.

Author : Michael Barber
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780141979595

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How to Run A Government by Michael Barber Pdf

Billions of citizens around the world are frustrated with their governments. Why is this? And what can we do about it? In this groundbreaking book Michael Barber draws on his wealth of international experience advising political leaders, to show how those in power can make good on their promises. 'Refreshingly ruthless ... has an uplifting brio to it' Economist 'Michael Barber is a source of inspiration and wisdom' Andrew Adonis, New Statesman 'Excellent ... there is a lot of common sense and practical wisdom ... a breath of fresh air' David Willetts,Standpoint 'Barber is the global overlord of public policy ... a record around the world of actually achieving change' Philip Collins, Prospect

Author : Stefania Marino,Judith Roosblad,Rinus Penninx
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781788114080

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Trade Unions and Migrant Workers by Stefania Marino,Judith Roosblad,Rinus Penninx Pdf

This timely book analyses the relationship between trade unions, immigration and migrant workers across eleven European countries in the period between the 1990s and 2015. It constitutes an extensive update of a previous comparative analysis – published by Rinus Penninx and Judith Roosblad in 2000 – that has become an important reference in the field. The book offers an overview of how trade unions manage issues of inclusion and solidarity in the current economic and political context, characterized by increasing challenges for labour organizations and rising hostility towards migrants.

Author : Will Somerville,Madeleine Sumption,Great Britain. Equality and Human Rights Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Emigration and immigration
ISBN : 1842061003

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Immigration and the Labour Market by Will Somerville,Madeleine Sumption,Great Britain. Equality and Human Rights Commission Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309482172

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Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity Pdf

Since 1965 the foreign-born population of the United States has swelled from 9.6 million or 5 percent of the population to 45 million or 14 percent in 2015. Today, about one-quarter of the U.S. population consists of immigrants or the children of immigrants. Given the sizable representation of immigrants in the U.S. population, their health is a major influence on the health of the population as a whole. On average, immigrants are healthier than native-born Americans. Yet, immigrants also are subject to the systematic marginalization and discrimination that often lead to the creation of health disparities. To explore the link between immigration and health disparities, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity held a workshop in Oakland, California, on November 28, 2017. This summary of that workshop highlights the presentations and discussions of the workshop.

Author : Martin Ruhs,Bridget Anderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199580590

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Who Needs Migrant Workers? by Martin Ruhs,Bridget Anderson Pdf

This book discusses the demand for migrant labour both conceptually and empirically with a focus on the UK.