Controlling Immigration

by Cornelius, Wayne A.

• ISBN13: 9780804744904
• ISBN10: 0804744904
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

In the 1990s, immigration emerged as a central issue of public policy and a driving factor in democratic elections throughout the world. Modern democracies now all face the same questions: how many immigrants to accept, what rights and special services to provide them, and how to control illegal immigration. This book provides a systematic, comparative study of immigration policy and policy outcomes in industrialized democracies. In-depth examinations of the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan have been updated for the second edition, and new chapters on Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, and South Korea have been added. Each profile addresses why certain immigration control measures were selected and why these measures usually failed to achieve their stated objectives. The discussion has been expanded to address the growing trend of migration of highly skilled professional workers, a particularly salient issue in the United States.

Author Biography

Wayne A. Cornelius is Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego, where he also holds the Theodore E. Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations. He is Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS) at UC-San Diego. Takeyuki Tsuda is Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego. James F. Hollifield is Arnold Professor of International Political Economy and Director of International Studies at Southern Methodist University. Philip Martin is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, and Chair of the University of California's 60 member Comparative Immigration and Integration Program.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii
List of Acronyms	xi
Preface	xv
Contributors	xvii
I. Introduction
Controlling Immigration: The Limits of Government Intervention	3	(48)
Wayne A. Cornelius
Takeyuki Tsuda
II. Countries of Immigration: The United States, Canada, and Australia
The United States: The Continuing Immigration Debate	51	(46)
Philip L. Martin
Commentaries
Gordon H. Hanson	86	(5)
Daniel J. Tichenor	91	(6)
Canada: Immigration and Nation-Building in the Transition to a Knowledge Economy	97	(44)
Jeffrey G. Reitz
Commentaries
Don J. DeVoretz	134	(3)
Harold Troper	137	(4)
Australia: New Conflicts around Old Dilemmas	141	(42)
Stephen Castles
Ellie Vasta
Commentaries
Gary P. Freeman	174	(4)
Jeannette Money	178	(5)
III. Reluctant Countries of Immigration: France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Britain
France: Republicanism and the Limits of Immigration Control	183	(38)
James F. Hollifield
Commentary
Charles P. Gomes	215	(6)
Germany: Managing Migration in the Twenty-First Century	221	(42)
Philip L. Martin
Commentaries
William M. Chandler	254	(4)
Uwe Hunger	258	(5)
The Netherlands: A Pragmatic Approach to Economic Needs and Humanitarian Considerations	263	(34)
Philip Muus
Commentaries
Han Entzinger	289	(4)
Arend Lijphart	293	(4)
Britain: From Immigration Control to Migration Management	297	(48)
Zig Layton-Henry
Commentaries
Gary P. Freeman	334	(4)
Randall Hansen	338	(7)
IV. Latecomers to Immigration: Italy, Spain, Japan, and South Korea
Italy: Economic Realities, Political Fictions, and Policy Failures	345	(42)
Kitty Calavita
Commentary
Christian Joppke	381	(6)
Spain: The Uneasy Transition from Labor Exporter to Labor Importer	387	(52)
Wayne A. Cornelius
Commentary
Gunther Dietz and Belen Agrela	430	(9)
Japan: Government Policy, Immigrant Reality	439	(42)
Takeyuki Tsuda
Wayne A. Cornelius
Commentary
Keiko Yamanaka	477	(4)
South Korea: Importing Undocumented Workers	481	(36)
Dong-Hoon Seol
John D. Skrentny
Commentary
Timothy C. Lim	514	(3)
Index	517