Overview
- Provides an in-depth account of immigration policy under the Labour governments, drawing on interviews and thus first-hand accounts from the people who devised the policy
- Offers a comprehensive exploration of the policymaking process, and examines the ways in which the process itself can shape policy outcomes
- Deploys a new theoretical framework to understand immigration policymaking and policy change
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- immigration policy
- migration policy
- managed migration
- New Labour
- British labour market
- Labour’s immigration policy
- organised interests
- lobbying
- policy networks
- collective action
- Labour Party
- British politics
- EU immigration
- politicization of immigration
- new institutionalism
- Britain’s history of immigration policy
About this book
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.
Reviews
“This outstanding book elucidates an important juncture in UK immigration policy: the shift to a more expansive, economically-oriented ‘Managed Migration’ policy under New Labour in the 2000s. In doing so, it offers not just a fascinating chronicle of Labour’s ambitious reform, but also contributes to wider theories of policy change. A timely reminder of how policy change is possible, and essential reading for both scholars and practitioners with an interest in immigration policy.” (Christina Boswell, Professor of Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK)
“…by far the most exhaustive account of immigration policy under Labour based on interviews with the actors making such policy.” (Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London, UK)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Labour's Immigration Policy
Book Subtitle: The Making of the Migration State
Authors: Erica Consterdine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64692-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64691-6Published: 25 October 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64692-3Published: 15 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 249
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations, Public Policy, British Politics, Migration