Theorizing Migration Policy: Is There a Third Way?
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- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Migration Review
- Vol. 41 (1) , 75-100
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00057.x
Abstract
This article critically reviews theories of migration policy according to two criteria: methodological rigor and explanatory plausibility. It finds that political economy accounts are theoretically robust, but at the price of oversimplification. Neo-institutional theories offer more sophisticated accounts, but fall short on a number of methodological and explanatory counts. As an alternative, this article suggests a theory focusing on the functional imperatives of the state in the area of migration, which shape its responses to societal interests and institutional structures.Keywords
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