Migration

The limits of governmental control

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3624331
AutoresHans Van Amersfoort (University of Amsterdam, autor de correspondencia)
Año1996
Volumen22
Número2
Páginas243-257
Fecha de publicación1996-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.1996.9976537
PMID12179820
OpenAlexW2305891004
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas11

Although migration is not a modern phenomenon, the number of people involved in migration processes have increased tremendously in the past decades. This increase has made migration a politically sensitive issue. Governments of states at the receiving end of migration flows are under pressure to show that they can control migration. Most countries have implemented new laws and stricter regulations, designed to enable governments to manage international migration in an era of increased population mobility. These measures only rarely appear to achieve their aims. The first issue addressed in the present article is why it is so difficult for governments to intervene successfully in migration processes. Within the analytical framework of the article, the point is made that the variables addressed by governmental measures form only a small part of the relevant variables. Addressing these variables effectively is further hampered by the conflicting interests of various economic sectors and by the conflicting roles various administrative institutions have defined for themselves. Finally the article addresses the question of whether a ‘root‐cause’ approach offers better prospects for the management of migration. This does not appear to be the case at the moment

Control variable · Economics · Political science · Public economics · Computer Science · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration