Welfare States and Immigrant Rights

The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion

Diane Sainsbury author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:30th Aug '12

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Co-winner of the 2013 Best Book Award by the American Political Science Association's Migration and Citizenship Section

Welfare States and Immigrant Rights deals with the policies and politics of immigrants' inclusion and exclusion in six countries representing different types of welfare states: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark.Welfare States and Immigrant Rights deals with the impact of welfare states on immigrants' social rights, economic well-being and social inclusion, and it offers the first systematic comparison of immigrants' social rights across welfare states. To study immigrants' social rights the author develops an analytical framework that focuses on the interplay between 1) the type of welfare state regime, 2) forms of entry, or entry categories, and 3) the incorporation regime regulating the inclusion or exclusion of immigrants. The book maps out the development of immigrants' social rights from the early postwar period until around 2010 in six countries representing different welfare state regimes: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark. Part I addresses three major issues. The first is how inclusive or exclusionary welfare state policies are in relation to immigrants, and especially how the type of welfare state and incorporation regime affect their social rights. The second issue concerns changes in immigrant rights and the direction of the change: rights extension versus rights contraction. The third issue is how immigrants' social rights compare to those of citizens. Part II shifts from policies affecting immigrant rights to the politics of the policies. It examines the politics of inclusion and exclusion in the six countries, focusing on social rights extension and contraction and changes in the policy dimensions of the incorporation regime that impinge on immigrant rights.

A welcome, innovative addition to the literature ... Drawing on both welfare-state and international-migration literature, this is an essential read for scholars with an interest in political science and migration studies. * Sarah Hackett, Times Higher Education *
A grounding and impressive study. Both welfare state and immigration scholars will find much important material in this book. * Sofia A. Perez, ILR Review *

ISBN: 9780199654789

Dimensions: 240mm x 178mm x 19mm

Weight: 532g

326 pages