scholarly journals The evolution of British immigrant integration policy after World War II: a historical and political science perspective

2014 ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
Urszula Kurcewicz
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
World War ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy

Comparative Immigration Policy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Money
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
World War ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Immigration Control ◽  
Societal Preferences

The research on comparative immigration policy is relatively recent, with the earliest dealing with significant immigrant inflows into Western Europe after World War II. Because of the difficulties in finding empirically grounded measures of immigration policy, the literature has grown primarily by adding to the theoretical literature. In terms of the immigration control literature, nativism (anti-immigrant preferences) has been complemented by approaches that include attention to the economic consequences of immigration, focus on how societal preferences are channeled, and focus on state national interest and state security. In terms of the immigrant integration literature, there has been a tendency to classify the immigrant reception environment of states according to historical nation building features of the state and to types of “immigration regimes.” More recently, in recognition of the static nature of these models of policy making, scholars have disaggregated integration policy into its component parts and incorporated aspects of politics that change over time. The research arena is, in short, theoretically rich, though both dimensions of research on immigration policy suffer from two flaws. The first is the inability to compare effectively policies across countries. The second is the research focus on Western Europe and advanced industrial countries, to the neglect of the remaining countries in the world.

scholarly journals The Analysis of Effective Immigrant Integration Policy in Lithuania: Practice and Problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-438
Author(s):  
Gabrielė Čepeliauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy ◽  
European Migration ◽  
The Eu

Immigrant integration policy is one of the most important issues in political discourse and is likely to remain so in the future. The article investigates the effectiveness of immigrant integration policy formation in Lithuania. According to  theoretical insights, the general idea of integration includes the national reorganization of social and political areas for the inclusion of new immigrants, when legal, social, cultural and political rights are deliberately expanded for the immigrants in the host country. The analysis of legal documents reveals that the EU-level European Migration Agenda (2015) sets common priorities focusing on highly skilled workers, when at the same time Immigration Policy Guidelines (2008) determines general directions and principles of immigrant integration at the national level. It is necessary to highlight the point that the document does not set a specific goals, objectives, measures or evaluation criteria of immigration policy. The quantitative Eurostat (2016), European Migration Network (2017) and Statistics Lithuania (2004–2017) data analysis showed that among the EU member states Lithuania's attractiveness for immigrants is low and the implementation of immigration policy can not create a counterweight to the aging population and large emigration. In conclusion, the Immigration Policy Guidelines (2008) provided at national level are not sufficiently specific and clear to ensure effective integration of immigrants in Lithuania.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.17.3.21956

scholarly journals Part of the problem or of the solution? The involvement of religious associations in immigrant integration policy

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Mattes
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Religious Associations ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Policy Fields ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy ◽  
Empirical Case Studies

Across Europe we see faith-based organizations (FBOs) getting involved in the policy field of immigrant integration. The interweaving of the policy fields of religion politics and immigrant integration is particularly delicate in systems of religionstate cooperation. Here, FBOs and state actors build on each other to fulfil certain tasks. This paper explores how FBOs are involved in the field of immigrant integration and which techniques of government are being used. Drawing on empirical case studies from Austria, Germany and Switzerland, the paper shows that religious communities fulfil multiple roles as civil society actors, as religious representatives or as migrant associations. While similarities occur due to comparable structures and institutions, observed differences are the consequence of different constellations of suspicion and trust between FBOs and state actors.

Normativität und Wissenschaft in Zeiten von Populismus

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-175
Author(s):  
Isabelle-Christine Panreck
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
World War ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Times ◽  
Fundamental Values

The rise of populist parties throughout Europe is fostering the debate on normativism in science. Klaus von Beyme – one of Germany’s leading political scientists of the Second Generation after World War II – is an early sceptic of normative thinking in the field of political science. He campaigns for a neoinstitutionalist perspective which combines historical insights and empirical findings to describe and explain political phenomenons. Not only in the times of bloc confrontation before 1990 but also in the current debate on populism, Beyme’s hesitation against normative thinking is sharply criticised as a lack of normative comittment to the fundamental values of liberal democracy. Following the concept of Intellectual History, this paper analyses Beymes scientific writings against the backdrop of biographical and historical contextes. Further, the paper shows how methodological and epistemological assumptions can shape the production of knowledge in scientific discourses.

Game Theory and Generalization in Ethics

1965 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond F. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Rational Decision ◽  
World War ◽  
Broad Interest

SINCE World War II and particularly in the last decade game theory has acquired broad interest, attention, and application by behavioral scientists. Basically, game theory is an attempt to simulate mathematically a situation of decision-making so as to discover the most rational decision. Situations involving two or more “persons” (that is, sets of individuals, groups or environments with isomorphic interests and/or capabilities) can be simulated. Currently game theory is employed in both university and corporate research for studying problems in the areas of economics, sociology, political science, international relations, and militarydefense strategy.

Joseph Schumpeter's Two Theories of Democracy. By John Medearis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. 263p. $45.00.

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 805-806
Author(s):  
Jeffrey C. Isaac
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
World War ◽  
Comprehensive Account ◽  
The Subject ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Empirical Approaches ◽  
Theory Of Democracy

Joseph Schumpeter's “elitist” theory of democracy has been the subject of much discussion in political theory. It is commonly considered to have been seminal for the “empirical” approaches to democracy that emerged in American political science after World War II. In this excellent book, John Medearis presents an impressive, careful, and relatively comprehensive account of Schumpeter's writings on the topic of democracy. He argues that Schumpeter has been widely misunderstood, and the richness of his thinking has been wrongly reduced to the chapters of Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (1942) in which the “elitist” theory is developed.

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