Re-thinking the Political Economy of Immigration Control

Sitkin, Lea

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“…As globalization increasingly undermines migration control, Watts (2002) and Haus (2002) see unions in other countries adopting a similar stance. Others argue that the variety of capitalism (VoC) mediates the effects of globalization in shaping labour migration patterns (Menz, 2011; Sitkin, 2020). Coordinated market economies (CMEs) promote industries reliant on skilled labour, reducing firms’ demand for cheap and flexible workers, whereas liberal market economies (LMEs) generate lower skilled work that attracts unauthorized migrant labour.…”

Section: The Role Of the Social Partners In Labour Market Oversightmentioning

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Policing markets: The role of the social partners in internal immigration enforcement

Morgan

2020

Journal of European Social Policy

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In recent decades, governments have made labour markets sites of immigration enforcement through employer sanctions and other measures. In some countries, unions and employers’ associations facilitate implementation of these initiatives, while in others they openly or tacitly resist cooperation. This paper explores these patterns of cooperation and resistance through analysis of six countries. The method used is qualitative comparative analysis, using primary and secondary sources that include newspaper coverage, government reports, union documents and scholarly accounts. The explanation centres on the degree of social partner embeddedness in government decision-making and economic management. In countries with institutionalized, coordinated relationships between the social partners and the state, this coordination extends to implementation of employers’ sanctions. In systems with less institutionalized cooperation, employers and unions are less likely to assist the immigration control objectives of state officials. These practices also affect migrants’ ability to live within a society, making them not only a form of immigration control, but also important for migrant wellbeing.

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Section: The Role Of the Social Partners In Labour Market Oversightmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policing markets: The role of the social partners in internal immigration enforcement

Morgan

2020

Journal of European Social Policy

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Re-thinking the Political Economy of Immigration Control

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Policing markets: The role of the social partners in internal immigration enforcement

Policing markets: The role of the social partners in internal immigration enforcement

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