Rethinking immigration policy theory beyond ‘Western liberal democracies’

Abstract How do political systems shape immigration policy-making? Explicitly or implicitly, comparative politics and migration policy theories suggest a ‘regime effect’ that links specific dynamics of immigration policy to liberal democracy. The literature’s dominant focus on so-called ‘Western lib...

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Main Author: Katharina Natter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-03-01
Series:Comparative Migration Studies
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40878-018-0071-9