Showing papers by "Migration Policy Institute published in 2010"
TL;DR: This article reviewed a series of policy options that have been proposed to fill the governance gap in international migration; namely, to create a new agency, to designate a lead agency, and to bring the International Organization for Migration into the UN system.
Abstract: This article explains how the global governance of international migration has evolved as a policy issue on the international agenda over the past decade while noting that there is still no consensus on whether global governance is really required, what type of global governance would be appropriate, and how it should develop. The article reviews a series of policy options that have been proposed to fill the governance gap in international migration; namely, to create a new agency, to designate a lead agency, to bring the International Organization for Migration into the UN system, a coordination model, a leadership model, a World Trade Organization model, and an evolutionary model.
107 citations
01 Jan 2010
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TL;DR: This article examined the "policy networks" that existed between 1997 and 2007 in UK asylum, economic migration and immigrant integration policy, and found that employers and businesses (together with other state and non-state actors) were part of a tightly organized, ideologically cohesive economic migration community.
Abstract: This article examines the ‘policy networks’ that existed between 1997 and 2007 in UK asylum, economic migration and immigrant integration policy. The analysis shows that employers and businesses (together with other state and non-state actors) were part of a tightly organised, ideologically cohesive economic migration ‘policy community’. This policy community was crucial to the development of economic migration policy, in contrast to the development of asylum and integration policies. The central argument of this article is that the mainstream interpretation of UK immigration policy change (that change was driven by an elite-led, powerful executive) is correct in tracing the dynamics of asylum policy development between 1997 and 2007 under New Labour, but wrong for the development of immigration policy as a whole, which was more complex, and where businesses played a key role.
41 citations
TL;DR: This paper examined how acculturation is associated with father engagement with infants for Chinese and Mexican immigrant fathers and found that U.S. citizenship is negatively associated with warmth for Chinese fathers and English language use is positively associated with physical care and nurturing activities for Mexican fathers.
Abstract: Using a sample of resident fathers (i.e., fathers who co-reside with children) in the 9-month Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Birth Cohort (ECLSB), this study examined how acculturation is associated with father engagement with infants for Chinese and Mexican immigrant fathers. When a variety of individual and demographic characteristics were controlled for, results from Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) models indicate that U.S. citizenship is negatively associated with warmth for Chinese fathers and that English language use is positively associated with physical care and nurturing activities for Mexican fathers. Findings suggest that some dimensions of acculturation shape parenting across different groups and are a predictor of resident men’s involvement with their young children.
41 citations
TL;DR: This article examined the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) to develop a profile of immigrant adults with varying levels of oral English proficiency and concluded that adults with low and medium English proficiency differ significantly along a number of dimensions that should be considered by policymakers and educators as instructional services are developed and program funds allocated for LEP adults.
Abstract: This article examines the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) to develop a profile of immigrant adults with varying levels of oral English proficiency The NAAL data on adult limited English proficient (LEP) immigrants are used here to examine their education levels, workforce involvement, incomes, use of public benefits, participation in English as a Second Language instruction, and English literacy levels The purpose of this article is to contribute to the body of research and policy literature on importance of English skills and literacy for adults’ education and workforce development The authors conclude that adults with low and medium oral English proficiency differ significantly along a number of dimensions that should be considered by policymakers and educators as instructional services are developed and program funds allocated for LEP adults
29 citations
01 Jan 2010
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01 Jan 2010
20 citations
TL;DR: The authors conducted a form of racial archaeology in relation to the areas of Brixton and Brick Lane in London and identified three different moments that have dominated the evolution of multiculturalism in local political discourse.
Abstract: This paper conducts a form of racial archaeology in relation to the areas of Brixton and Brick Lane in London. Both inner-city areas are strongly associated with meanings related to race and difference. This paper examines some of the dominant ways though which Brixton and Brick Lane became represented in key policy texts. It investigates how these representations changed through time and identifies three different moments that have dominated the evolution of multiculturalism in local political discourse: a moment of racial pathology, where race is viewed as a problem of space or in space; a moment of reflection, where race is perceived through the lens of cultural difference; and a moment of celebration, where cultural difference is represented as an asset to be capitalised upon by acts of local regeneration.
18 citations
01 Jan 2010
5 citations