Politics of Immigration
Publisher: Polity Press; Polity
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780745638997
Subjects: International relations; Emigration and immigration, government policy
Description: Shows how four defining facets of the liberal state (representative democracy, constitutionalism, capitalism, and nationhood) generate conflicting imperatives for immigration policymaking, which in turn give rise to contradictory policies.