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It has been half a century since the Geneva Refugee Convention came
into place, but there is still no comparable international regime
which provides for the increasing phenomenon of mobile economic
migrants. At a time of global mobility, when migration policies are
constantly changing and the security and rights of migrants are
called into question, there is clearly a need for strengthened
international cooperation. This volume brings together an
international team of authors to examine the prospects for
improvements in such cooperation and for the establishment of a
framework of basic global or regional norms of conduct. Issues
addressed in the book include how to augment the development
effects of migration for source countries, how to meet the security
and rights interests of both states and migrants and how to improve
the prospects for integration of migrants in destination countries.
With its fresh, policy-focused and global approach, this volume
will be of great value to both academics and policy-makers.
What is the use of research in public debates and policy-making on
immigration and integration? Why are there such large gaps between
migration debates and migration realities, and how can they be
reduced? Bridging the Gaps: Linking Research to Public Debates and
Policy Making on Migration and Integration provides a unique set of
testimonies and analyses of these questions by researchers and
policy experts who have been deeply involved in attempts to link
social science research to public policies. Bridging the Gaps
argues that we must go beyond the prevailing focus on the
research-policy nexus by considering how the media, public opinion,
and other dimensions of public debates can interact with research
and policy-processes. The chapters provide theoretical analyses and
personal assessments of the successes and failures of past efforts
to link research to public debates and policy-making on migration
and integration in six different countries - Germany, the
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United
States - as well as in European and global governance debates.
Contrary to common public perceptions and political demands,
Bridging the Gaps argues that all actors contributing to research,
public debates, and policy-making should recognize that migration,
integration, and related decision-making are highly complex issues,
and that there are no quick fixes to what are often enduring policy
dilemmas. When the different actors understand and appreciate each
other's primary aims and constraints, such common understandings
can pave the way for improved policy-making processes and better
public policies that deal more effectively with the real challenges
of migration and integration. This is an open access title
available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and
offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access
locations.
It has been half a century since the Geneva Refugee Convention came
into place, but there is still no comparable international regime,
which provides for the increasing phenomenon of mobile economic
migrants. At a time of global mobility, when migration policies are
constantly changing and the security and rights of migrants are
called into question, there is clearly a need for strengthened
international cooperation. This volume brings together an
international team of authors to examine the prospects for
improvements in such cooperation and for the establishment of a
framework of basic global or regional norms of conduct. Issues
addressed in the book include how to augment the development
effects of migration for source countries, how to meet the security
and rights interests of both states and migrants and how to improve
the prospects for integration of migrants in destination countries.
With its fresh, policy-focused and global approach, this volume
will be of great value to both academics and policy-makers.
The study of international migration and ethnic relations is
rapidly expanding in the social sciences, in the humanities, and in
law and medicine at universities around the world. Theories and
methods are borrowed from many disciplines, but with little
cross-fertilization, thereby leaving many core issues out. This
authoritative book fills a gap by providing an expertly integrated
overview of international migration from a wide range of
disciplinary perspectives. Throughout the book, South to North
migration is used as the main example.
The authors, leading experts in their fields, ask provocative new
questions such as the counterfactual, Why do people not migrate?'
and address old questions in fresh ways in a language accessible
for students in a range of disciplines. Does migration from less
developed countries stimulate or obstruct development? Does
development reduce or increase the flows of migration? What are the
dynamics of a migration process? Geography, economics, political
science, social anthropology and sociology all inform this book,
which is certain to become an established text in migration
studies.
Contributors: Ishtiaq Ahmed, Associate Professor in Political
Science, University of Stockholm, Sweden; Gunilla Bjeren, Associate
Professor in Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, Sweden;
Grete Brochmann, Research Director at the Institute for Social
Research, Oslo, Norway; Thomas Faist, Senior Researcher in Social
Policy, University of Bremen, Germany; Peter A. Fischer, Senior
Researcher at the Institute for Economic Policy Research,
Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, Germany; Tomas Hammar, Professor
and Director of the Centre for International Migration andEthnic
Relations, University of Stockholm, Sweden; Kenneth Hermele,
economist; Gunnar Malmberg, Associate Professor in Geography, Umea
University, Sweden; Reiner Martin, Researcher at the Institute for
Economic Policy Research, Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, Germany;
Thomas Straubhaar, Professor of Economics, Bundeswehr University,
Hamburg, Germany; Kristof Tamas, Political Scientist and Researcher
at Ceifo, University of Stockholm, Sweden
The study of international migration and ethnic relations is
rapidly expanding in the social sciences, in the humanities, and in
law and medicine at universities around the world. Theories and
methods are borrowed from many disciplines, but with little
cross-fertilization, thereby leaving many core issues out. This
authoritative book fills a gap by providing an expertly integrated
overview of international migration from a wide range of
disciplinary perspectives. Throughout the book, South to North
migration is used as the main example.
The authors, leading experts in their fields, ask provocative new
questions such as the counterfactual, Why do people not migrate?'
and address old questions in fresh ways in a language accessible
for students in a range of disciplines. Does migration from less
developed countries stimulate or obstruct development? Does
development reduce or increase the flows of migration? What are the
dynamics of a migration process? Geography, economics, political
science, social anthropology and sociology all inform this book,
which is certain to become an established text in migration
studies.
Contributors: Ishtiaq Ahmed, Associate Professor in Political
Science, University of Stockholm, Sweden; Gunilla Bjeren, Associate
Professor in Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, Sweden;
Grete Brochmann, Research Director at the Institute for Social
Research, Oslo, Norway; Thomas Faist, Senior Researcher in Social
Policy, University of Bremen, Germany; Peter A. Fischer, Senior
Researcher at the Institute for Economic Policy Research,
Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, Germany; Tomas Hammar, Professor
and Director of the Centre for International Migration andEthnic
Relations, University of Stockholm, Sweden; Kenneth Hermele,
economist; Gunnar Malmberg, Associate Professor in Geography, Umea
University, Sweden; Reiner Martin, Researcher at the Institute for
Economic Policy Research, Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, Germany;
Thomas Straubhaar, Professor of Economics, Bundeswehr University,
Hamburg, Germany; Kristof Tamas, Political Scientist and Researcher
at Ceifo, University of Stockholm, Sweden
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