ISBN:
9781461400820
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (VIII, 309 p. 21 illus., 12 illus. in color, digital)
Series Statement:
Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Wanted and welcome?
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Labor economics
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Population
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Labor economics
;
Population
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Labor economics
;
Population
;
Social sciences
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Emigration and immigration
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Government policy
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Immigrants
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Government policy
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Skilled labor
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Government policy
;
Konferenzschrift 2008
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Konferenzschrift 2008
;
Kanada
;
USA
;
Australien
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Großbritannien
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Deutschland
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Einwanderer
;
Hochqualifizierter Beruf
;
Einwanderungspolitik
Abstract:
This book considers the origins, performance and diffusion of national immigration policies targeting highly skilled immigrants. Unlike asylum seekers and immigrants admitted under family reunification streams, highly skilled immigrants are typically cast as 'wanted and welcome' as a consequence of their potential economic contribution to the receiving society and putative assimilability. Testing the degree to which this assumption holds is the principle aim of this book. In contrast to publications which see highly skilled immigration as functional response to labor market needs, the book probes the political and sociological dimensions of policy, drawing on contributions from an international group of established and new scholars from the fields of history, law, political science, sociology, and public policy. The book is organized into four parts. Part I probes the origins of post-WWII immigration policies in Canada, Australia, and the United States. Part II analyzes recent debates on highly skilled immigration policy in the United States, whose origins go back to the 1965 Act by Congress which favored family reunification over skilled immigration. Part III considers the degree to which highly skilled immigrants are welcome, by focusing on the integration trajectories of foreign trained professionals in Canada. Paradoxically, just as Canada has succeeded in orienting its admissions system more explicitly toward privileging highly educated and skilled professionals, highly skilled immigrants have experienced worsening economic outcomes as reflected in rates of unemployment and falling earnings. Part IV considers the internationalization of highly skilled immigration policies, focusing on Europe's most important immigration countries, Germany and Britain. As is true in Canada, the labor market outcomes for highly skilled immigrants in Europe are disappointing, and the final chapter discusses why this is the case and what might be done to improve matters. Given its combination of cross-disciplinary insights, cross-national comparisons, and empirical richness, the book will be of interest to both scholars and policymakers concerned with immigration policy
Abstract:
This book considers the origins, performance and diffusion of national immigration policies targeting highly skilled immigrants. Unlike asylum seekers and immigrants admitted under family reunification streams, highly skilled immigrants are typically cast as ""wanted and welcome"" as a consequence of their potential economic contribution to the receiving society and putative assimilability. Testing the degree to which this assumption holds is the principle aim of this book. In contrast to publications which see highly skilled immigration as functional response to labor market needs, the book p
Description / Table of Contents:
Wanted and Welcome?; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; I Origins; 2 Dismantling White Canada: Race, Rights, and the Origins of the Points System; Argument and Analytical Framework; Normative Contexts; Stretching, Unraveling, and Shifting; Dismantling White Canada, 1947-1967; Stretching: 1947-1952; Unraveling: 1952-1962; Excursus: The 1962 Immigration Regulations; Shifting: 1964-1967; Conclusion; References; 3 Creating Multicultural Australia: Local, Global and Trans-National Contexts for the Creation of a Universal Admissions Scheme, 1945-1983
Description / Table of Contents:
Initial Challenges to Australian Racial-Cultural Exclusivism 1945-1966The 1966 Policy Reforms; Implementation of a Universal Admissions Scheme 1972-1975; Consolidation of Policy and Principle 1975-1983; Conclusion; References; 4 Re-Forming the Gates: Postwar Immigration Policy in the United States Through the Hart-Celler Act of 1965; Hot War to Cold: The 1940s and 1950s; The Decade of Change: The 1960s; Conclusions; References; Part II Still the Leader? Highly Skilled Immigration Policy in the United States
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Talent Matters: Immigration Policy-Setting as a Competitive Scramble Among JurisdictionsThe Theoretical Framework: Competitive Immigration Regimes; The Missing Dimension: Interjurisdictional Competition; Control Over Membership Rights; The Talent-for-Citizenship Exchange; The Spiraling Race; An Abbreviated History of the Global Race for Talent15; The Reconception of Citizenship; The New Frontier: Citizenship Theory and Global Distributive Justice; Conclusion; References; 6 Skilled Immigration Policy in the United States: Does Policy Admit "Enough" Skilled Workers?; Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
Permanent Visas: Skills Bias and Regulatory BottleneckGetting Temporary Workers: Shortages or Policy Bubbles?; Global Competition for Foreign Students: Policy Failure?; The Skilled Workforce: Is Policy Restricting Supply?; Conclusion; References; 7 Pointless: On the Failure to Adopt an Immigration Points System in the United States; The Larger Push for Immigration Policy Reform; Early Points Systems Proposals; Comprehensive Reform Efforts; What Happened and What it Means for the Future of Reform; References; Part III The Challenge of Integrating Highly Skilled Immigrants in Canada
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Closing the Gaps Between Skilled Immigration and Canadian Labor Markets: Emerging Policy Issues and PrioritiesEvolution of Canadian Immigration and Education as Sources of Labor Force Growth; Canada's Immigration Policy; Evolution of Immigration and Education in Relation to Economic Development; Reasons for Canada's Emphasis on Immigration; Additional Reasons for Canada's Emphasis on Highly Skilled Immigrants; Current Gaps Between Skilled Immigration and Canadian Labor Markets; Labor Market Problems of Skilled Immigrants; Demand for Temporary or Less-Skilled Immigrants; Illegal Immigration
Description / Table of Contents:
Policy Directions to Fill Gaps Between Immigration and the Labor Market
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-0082-0
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