Handbook on Migration and Social Policy

In this comprehensive Handbook, an interdisciplinary team of distinguished scholars from the social sciences explores the connections between migration and social policy. They test conflicting claims as to the positive and negative effects of different types of migration against the experience of countries in Europe, North America, Australasia, the Middle East and South Asia, assessing arguments as to migration s impact on the financial, social and political stability and sustainability of social programs. The volume reflects the authors' curiosity about the controversy over the connection between social and cultural diversity and popular support for the welfare state.Providing timely and original chapters which both critique the existing literature as well as build on and advance theoretical understanding, the authors focus on the formal settlement and integration polices created for migrants as well as corollary state policies affecting migrants and migration. A clutch of chapters investigates the linkage between migration and trade theory, foreign direct investment, globalization, public opinion, public education and welfare programs. Chapters then deal with leading receiving states as well as India and the authors examine the regulation of migration at the subnational, national, regional and global levels. The topic of migration and security is also covered. This compelling and exhaustive review of existing scholarship and state-of-the-art original empirical analysis is essential reading for graduates and academics researching the field. Contributors include: C. Boswell, M.L. Crepaz, T. Eule, G. Facchini, G.P. Freeman, A. Geddes, K.M. Greenhill, L. Hadj-Abdou, A. Harell, M. Helbling, P. Ireland, S. Iyengar, T. Janoski, C. Joppke, G. Lahav, D. Leblang, S. Lockhart, L. Lucassen, A.M. Mayda, M. Medina, A.M. Messina, N. Mirilovic, J. Money, E. Murard, F. Ortega, A. Perliger, F. Peters, M.E. Peters, S.I. Rajan, M. Ruhs, D. Sainsbury, I. Shpaizman, S. Soroka, R. Tanaka, M. Vink, S. Western, C.F. Wright

Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction Gary P. Freeman and Nikola Mirilovic PART I NEW ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. The ‘Epistemic Turn’ in Immigration Policy Analysis Christina Boswell 2. Immigration, Integration and Citizenship Policies: Indices, Concepts and Analyses Marc Helbling 3. Naturalization Levels and Processes: Consequences for Social Policy Thomas Janoski 4. Migration, Membership Regimes and Social Policies: A View from Global History Leo Lucassen PART II THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MIGRATION 5. Goods Vs. People: Immigration and Trade Policy in a Globalized World Margaret E. Peters 6. Migrant Networks, Political Institutions and International Investment David Leblang 7. Immigration and the Political Economy of Public Education Francesq Ortega and Ryuichi Tanaka 8. Migration and Development: The Indian Experience S. Irudyan Rajan PART III TRADE OFFS BETWEEN IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL POLICY 9. Control Signals and the Social Policy Dimensions of Immigration Reform Chris F. Wright 10. Ideas and Policy Changes in Israeli 1989–2010 Ilana Shpaizman PART IV OPPOSITION TO IMMIGRATION, SECURITY AND THE LIMITS TO FREE MOVEMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 11. When Virtues Become Vices: The ‘Achilles Heel’ of Migration Social Policy Kelly M. Greenhill 12. An Unstable Equilibrium: Freedom of Movement and the Welfare State in the European Union Andrew Geddes and Leila Hadj-Abdou 13. ‘Securitizing’ Immigration in Europe’: Sending Them the Same (Old) Message, Getting the Same (Old) Reply? Anthony M. Messina 14. Immigrant Integration, Political Radicalization and Terrorism in Europe: Some Preliminary Insights from the Early Millennium (2000-2010) Gallya Lahav and Arie Perliger PART V DIVERSITY, SOCIAL COHESION AND SUPPORT FOR THE WELFARE STATE 15. Does Immigration Affect Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence Across Countries Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda and Elie Murard 16. Rumours That Diversity is the Death of the Welfare State are Greatly Exaggerated: On the Resilience of the European Social Model Markus M.L. Crepaz 17. Heterogeneity in the Impact of Immigration on Social Welfare Spending Stuart Soroka, Allison Harrell and Shanto Iyengar PART VI MIGRANT INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL POLICY 18. Civic Integration in Europe: Continuity Versus Discontinuity Christian Joppke and Tobias Eule 19. Naturalization and the Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants: A Life Course Perspective Floris Peters and Maartin Vink 20. Tales of the Cities: Local-Level Approaches to Migrant Integration in Europe, The US and Canada Patrick Ireland PART VII IMMIGRANT RIGHTS VS. IMMIGRATION POLITICS 21. Why Migrant Rights are Different than Human Rights Jeannette Money, Sarah Lockhart and Shaina Western 22. Gender, Migration and Social Policy Diane Sainsbury 23. Theorizing Labor Immigration Policies: Openness, Skills and Rights Martin Ruhs 24. The Case of the Missing Skilled Immigrants in the United States Mariana Medina Index

About the Author :
Edited by Gary P. Freeman, University of Texas at Austin and Nikola Mirilovic, Department of Political Science, University of Central Florida, US

Review :
‘Social policy and the political economy of the welfare state sit at the sharp edge of immigration politics and policy making. The editors of this comprehensive and up-to-date Handbook have brought together an authoritative group of younger and older specialists, transatlantic in scope, who offer clear empirical analyses of the dilemmas and paradoxes disturbing politicians and electorates everywhere today.’ ‘Migration is one of the most vexing policy issues of our time. In this Handbook the editors have assembled an all-star cast of scholars to look at the many dimensions of migration policy. The book breaks new ground and it will be required reading for anyone seriously interested in how and why states seek to control the movement of people across borders.’ ‘This substantial volume really does 'take a broad view of the manner in which migration may interact with social policy’