1st Edition
From Immigration Controls to Welfare Controls
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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This edited collection addresses theoretical, political and practical aspects of the connection between external immigration controls and internal welfare controls. It considers the implications for the both those subject to controls and those drawn into the web of implementing internal welfare controls. Topics discussed include:
forced dispersal of asylum seekers
local authority and... Read more
1. Locating the Debates 2. A History of Immigration Controls: Nationalism and the State 3. From Aliens to Asylum Seekers: A History of Immigration Controls and Welfare 4. Immigration Controls and Class 5. The 1999 Immigration and Asylum Act and Ways to Change it: A Legal View 6. From Shambles to a New Apartheid: Local Authorities' Involvement in Supporting Asylum Seekers 1996-1999 7. A Voice from the Town Hall: The Experiences of an Advice Worker 8. The Incorporation of the Voluntary Sector in the Administration of Immigration Controls 9. Immigration Controls and Children's Welfare 10. Welfare Arrangements for Asylum Seekers Across Europe: A Comparison of EU States 11. The Convergence of Immigration Control and Welfare Systems: An Analysis of the French Experience 12. The Convergence of Immigration Controls and Welfare Systems: An Analysis of the Swedish Experience 13. The Convergence of Immigration Control and Welfare Systems: An Analysis of the United States Experience 14. 'In and Against the State' revisited: Strategies for Resistance
Biography
Steve Cohen is former Co-ordinator of Greater Manchester Immigration Unit
Beth Humphries is Reader in Social Work, Lancaster University
Ed Mynott is Research Fellow, Centre for European Political Communications, Leeds University.
