1st Edition

Immigration Policy from 1970 to the Present

By Rachel Stevens Copyright 2016
244 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines national debates on immigration, asylum seekers and guest worker programs from 1970 to the present. Over the past 45 years, contemporary immigration has had a profound impact throughout North America, Europe and Australasia, yet the admission of ethnically diverse immigrants was far from inevitable. In the midst of significant social change, policymakers grappled with... Read more

1. Introduction  Part I: Who Gets In?  2. Thinking Beyond White Australia  3. Diversifying American Immigration  Part II: Boat People  4. Border Anxieties in Australia  5. Cuban and Haitian Asylum Seeking in Cold War America  Part III: Temporary Labor Migration  6. From Settler to Sojourner  7. Conclusion

Biography

Rachel Stevens is a researcher in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne.