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Understanding immigration and refugee policy: Contradictions and continuities (Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice) by Rosemary Sales is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Immigration, particularly asylum, has become a major political issue in Britain and Europe and its impact on welfare, employment and 'social cohesion' highly contested. While asylum policy has become more punitive, dependence on immigrant labour has been increasingly acknowledged by governments which attempt to 'manage' migration to secure the benefits without the presumed costs. The book provides an essential background to understanding these debates. Based on documentary sources and primary research, it focuses mainly on Britain within an international and European context. The first part examines different theoretical approaches to understanding migratory flows and strategies. It explores forced and voluntary migration, the gender dimension in migration decisions and transnational links maintained by migrants. Part two focuses on continuities and change in migration policy and how boundaries have shifted to exclude and include different groups. It explores links between immigration policy, welfare and social exclusion, and migrants' experiences in negotiating and challenging these policies. The book concludes by questioning whether immigration controls can be justified on eith
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rosemary Sales
- Publisher
- The Policy Press : Social policy Association
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781861344526
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Political Science, Sociology
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