Policy Discourses on Irregular Migration in Germany and the United Kingdom

ISBN-13: 9781137307538 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 305 str.

Bastian Vollmer

Opis

Irregular migration or 'illegal immigration' has been high up on the political agenda in many countries for many years, with successive governments in countries across the globe investing heavily in tightening their borders and developing policies designed at controlling it. It is an issue, however, that has gained, in a European context, particular resonance in Germany and the UK.

Through retrospective analysis of the policy domain of irregular migration control in Germany and the UK, this important study provides a comprehensible yet detailed understanding of the policy situation in both countries today, and explains how these policy regimes came to the fore and the reasons behind the way in which they developed. Using discourse and policy analysis, this text traces the origins of particular policy ideas and explains why, despite the differing contexts and migration histories in Germany and the UK, their policy responses to irregular migration have converged to the point that they are now very similar. This book is
a 'must read' for students and scholars of German and British politics and public policy, European studies and migration studies.

Recenzje

"Bastian Vollmer's ambitious book is a very timely analysis of how restrictive immigration policy came to be normalised in two European countries over 3 decades. The book analyses the evolution of policy responses to irregular migration in Germany and the United Kingdom from 1973 to 1999. ... this interdisciplinary book is a very valuable contribution to political science, migration studies and European studies ... ." (Marie E. Tuley, Political Studies Review, Vol. 14, November, 2016)

"The study of policy development is certainly of interest with regard to immigration, and Vollmer's study adds to the study of migration discourses an insightful empirical analysis that benefits particularly from its comparative and diachronic aspects. It should help to convince those working in the field of policy-making to take a closer look at texts documenting the process, and it is of interest to all those working on post-war immigration politics and discourses in Europe or European countries." (Melani Schröter, Discourse & Society, Vol. 27 (5), 2016)

'In a very comprehensive and instructive way Bastian A. Vollmer's Policy Discourses on Irregular Migration in Germany and the United Kingdom is a highly welcome contribution to this literature.' European Planning Studies, 2015

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Policy Discourses, Frames, Methods 3. United Kingdom 4. Germany 5. Comparative Meta-frames 6. Concluding Remarks

O autorze

Bastian A. Vollmer is a Leverhulme Research Fellow at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, UK.