scholarly journals The Political Economy of Social Exclusion with Implications for Immigration Policy

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Gradstein ◽  
Maurice W. Schiff
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
The Political

Bridging the Gap between Political and Penal Legitimacy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Henham
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Value ◽  
The Political ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Social Morality ◽  
Penal Policy ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Sentencing Policy ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter argues that the relationship between penal policy and the political economy provides important insights into the political and institutional reforms required to minimize harsh and discriminatory penal policies. However, the capacity of sentencing policy to engage with this social reality in a meaningful way necessitates a recasting of penal ideology. To realize this objective requires a profound understanding of sentencing’s social value and significance for citizens. The greatest challenge then lies in establishing coherent links between penal ideology and practice to encourage forms of sentencing that are sensitive to changes in social value. The chapter concludes by explaining how the present approach taken by the courts of England and Wales to the sentencing of women exacerbates social exclusion and reinforces existing divisions in social morality. It urges fundamental changes in ideology and practice so that policy reflects a socially valued rationale for the criminalization and punishment of women.

scholarly journals The Political Economy of Immigration Policy: The Example of Scotland

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 506-529
Author(s):  
David McCollum ◽  
Scott Tindal ◽  
Allan Findlay
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
General Public ◽  
The Political ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Constitutional Change ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Contentious Issue ◽  
Conceptual Understandings

The inward mobility of labour can serve as a driver of economic growth and the immigration policies of many countries are orientated towards this end. However immigration is also a contentious issue, with the general public often displaying hostility towards liberal immigration policies. The compromises between economic and political considerations that states make when developing immigration policy are poorly theorised in academic literature. The study contributes to conceptual understandings of the voices of ‘elites’ in the political-economy of immigration policy through a critical interrogation of the narratives and preferences of employers in the context of the ongoing Scottish constitutional change debate.

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