More Power, Less Sympathy The Response of IGOs in Western Europe to Unwanted Migration during Economic Crises Compared

Bibliographic Data

ID7728141
AuthorsIrial Glynn (0000-0003-2417-9351, University College Dublin, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume37
Issue1-2
Publication date2012-08-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Population Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1869-8980 • E-ISSN: 1869-8999
PublisherGerman Federal Institute for Population Research (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.12765/cpos-2011-18
OpenAlexW1541657722
LanguageEN
References cited41

This article chronicles the influence of intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) over unwanted migration in Western Europe since the 1930s. It pays particular attention to what occurred during times of economic crisis, especially the Great Depression in the 1930s, the recession-hit 1970s and early 1980s, and the current global financial difficulties. The IGOs under consideration are the League of Nations during the 1930s and the European Commission from the 1970s onwards. The European Commission’s ability to influence West European states’ policies on unwanted migration has grown considerably since the League of Nations’ unsuccessful attempts in the 1930s, especially in the lead-up to the current economic crisis. This increase in power has been offset, however, by a decrease in the European Commission’s sympathy as Brussels increasingly regards unwanted migration as a security and justice issue rather than as a social and cultural one in a move that bears close resemblance to the stance of West European states

Commission · Development economics · Economic policy · Economic power · Economics · European commission · European union · Great Depression · Keynesian economics · League · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Recession · Sympathy · European Union Policy and Governance · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration