Debating Migration: Political Discourses on Labor Immigration in Historical Perspective (Studies in European History and Public Spheres)

Stefanie Mayer; Mikael Spang

ISBN 10: 3706548585 / ISBN 13: 9783706548588

Published by Studien Verlag, 2009

About this Item

Hardcover, 160 pages, NOT ex-library. Owner's name & date inside the front board covered with blank stickers. Else book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Stefanie Mayer and Mikael Spang take a close look at debates regarding (labor) immigration in Austria and Sweden by comparing discussions during the 1960s and 1970s with contemporary political discourse. The editors combine their research on institutional developments with elements of critical discourse analysis in a comparative perspective. The volume also includes comments from experts on migration issues from former emigration and/or EU-accession countries, such as Finland, Turkey, former Yugoslavia, and the Czech Republic, thereby, casting light on how migration issues have been discussed in different contexts. -- Contents: Introduction [Institutional Structures and Political Systems; Migration Patterns during the Post World War II Era; Method and Material; Structure of the Publication]; Migration & Labor Markets: Political Discourse in Austria / Stefanie Mayer [Protecting the National Labor Market: from Habsburg to the Second Republic; Development of the Policy Field "Immigration" (1960s/1970s); "Integration before Immigration"; Austria going EU; Conclusions]; Debating Labor Immigration and Immigration Policy in Sweden, 1960-2008 / Mikael Spang [Introduction; Immigration Policy during the early and mid 20th Century; Regulating Labor Immigration in the 1960s; Topoi in the 1960s Debate on Labor Immigration; Refugee Immigration and Family Reunification in the 1970s and 1990s; The 1989 Aliens Act and the 1989 Decision on Refugees; Changes to Refugee Immigration and Family Reunification Policy in the 1990s; The Europeanization of Immigration Policy; Labor Immigration from outside the EU; Topoi to the Debate about Labor Immigration from outside the EU; The 2004 Debate about Transition Rules; Topoi to the 2004 Debate about Transition Rules; Conclusions]; A Question of Equality: Some Aspects of the Temporary Restrictions in Access to the EU-15 Labor Market in the Czech Republic / Selma Muhic Dizdarevic [Introduction; Restrictions vs. Needs; Restrictions towards Third Country Nationals; Conclusions]; The Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia and the Economic Emigration of the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties / Dunja Larise; Transnationalizing Integration in the Age of Securitization: A Perspective through Euro-Turks / Ayhan Kaya [Changing Immigration Laws: Attracting Qualified Labor; Transnationalizing Integration; Concluding Remarks]; Sending and Receiving, Welcoming and Excluding: Developments and Debates in Finland's Migration Policy / Saara Pellander [Migration Patterns in Finland; Towards a Finnish Migration Policy; Conclusion: Finland following Sweden's Footsteps?]; Conclusions [Changing Institutional Arrangements; Liberalization and Regulation; Debates and Contention about Integration; Topics in Migration Debates; Institutions and Discourse intertwined]; Sources and Literature; Authors.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Debating Migration: Political Discourses on Labor Immigration in Historical Perspective (Studies in European History and Public Spheres)
• Publisher: Studien Verlag
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3706548585
• ISBN 13: 9783706548588
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Stefanie Mayer and Mikael SpAng take a close look at debates regarding (labor) immigration in Austria and Sweden by comparing discussions during the 1960s and 1970s with contemporary political discourse. The editors combine their research on institutional developments with elements of critical discourse analysis in a comparative perspective. The volume also includes comments from experts on migration issues from former emigration and/or EU-accession countries, such as Finland, Turkey, former Yugoslavia, and the Czech Republic, thereby, casting light on how migration issues have been discussed in different contexts.

About the Author

Stefanie Mayer

is currently working on her PhD in political science at the sociology department of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna.

Mikael SpAng is an associate professor of political science in the department of global political studies at MalmO University.