Chipping Away at the Fortress
Unions, Immigration and the Transnational Labour Market
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9954712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gamze Avcı (Bogaziçi University, corresponding author), Gamze Avci, Christopher McDonald (0000-0001-9834-8141, Lincoln Land Community College) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-213 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2435.00107 |
| OpenAlex | W2162616027 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
Conventional wisdom holds that in liberal industrialized countries, times of economic recession and high unemployment create pressures for restrictive immigration legislation, proposals which will be supported by trade unions as a means of safeguarding their interests. Drawing on a case study of British trade union opposition to the 1996 Asylum and Immigration Act, this article argues that trade unions, which traditional interpretation suggests support such protectionist measures, are actually at the forefront of opposition to them. We suggest that the increased transnationalization of labour markets, combined with the particular nature of the legislative response, had led unions to adopt this apparently paradoxical position
Economic growth · Economics · Employment protection legislation · Immigration · International trade · Keynesian economics · Labour economics · Legislation · Legislature · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Protectionism · Recession · Safeguarding · Trade union · Unemployment · Victory · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,68 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |