Eiko Thielemann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1266341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eiko Thielemann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Thielemann |
| SIGNATURE | THIELEMANN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 151 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Why courts are the life buoys of migrant rights
A rise in anti-immigrant pressure can reduce asylum recognition rates, irrespective of individuals' protection needs. Independent courts, which often act as a safeguard of migrant rights vis-à-vis such pressures, have been subject to increasing political interference. Yet, we know very little about how variation in the level of judicial independence - especially among lower courts - affects policy outcomes. In this paper, we assess the impact of …
Escaping Populism – Safeguarding Minority Rights
Contrary to earlier predictions, communitarization in the area of asylum policies has not led to an erosion of refugee rights. Instead, there is growing evidence that EU asylum harmonization has safeguarded existing standards and even enhanced the rights of asylum‐seekers and refugees in Europe. We seek to explain this by building on the insights of principal‐agent theory. We argue that delegation to supranational institutions can strengthen non‐…
Beyond venue shopping and liberal constraint
European Union (EU) asylum and immigration politics and policies have witnessed a major change since their communitarization in the early 2000s. Studies on EU migration, however, do not agree on the impact that EU institutions now have on policy outputs and outcomes. While some argue that supranational institutions are able to impose ‘liberal constraints’ on member states, other studies consider them unable to shift the ‘policy core’ of EU migrat…
Why Refugee Burden‐Sharing Initiatives Fail
Traditionally, differences in states’ refugee protection contributions have been attributed to the variation in countries’ structural pull‐factors such as their geographic location. However, policy choices, such as Germany's decision to open its borders for Syrian refugees in 2015, can also have a significant impact on the number of arrivals and constitute a puzzle that traditional approaches struggle to explain. This paper demonstrates that view…
Comparing Immigration Policies
This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, we challenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most or least restrictive toward admissions. The data also reveal trends toward more complex and, often, more restrictive regulation since the 1990s, as…
Buying into Myths
The way in which free movement of people has become the central issue of the British government's renegotiation and referendum campaign on the UK 's relationship with the European Union ( EU ) risks obfuscating at least three central issues: why immigrants are coming to the UK ; what impact EU migrants are having on the UK ; and what can be done to effectively regulate such inflows. It is, however, not just the eurosceptics and the British govern…
Trading numbers vs. rights? Accounting for liberal and restrictive dynamics in the evolution of asylum and refugee policies
The recent evolution of asylum and refugee policies in developed countries has been characterised by two apparently contradictory dynamics. Efforts to limit the number of asylum applicants have coincided with the strengthening of rights for asylum seekers and refugees inside existing protection systems. The ‘numbers vs. rights’ model seeks to explain such counter-veiling trends as a trade-off, as the result of attempts to manage costs within give…
A Research Agenda for the Study of Migrants and Minorities in Europe
Why Refugee Burden‐Sharing Initiatives Fail
Traditionally, differences in states’ refugee protection contributions have been attributed to the variation in countries’ structural pull‐factors such as their geographic location. However, policy choices, such as Germany's decision to open its borders for Syrian refugees in 2015, can also have a significant impact on the number of arrivals and constitute a puzzle that traditional approaches struggle to explain. This paper demonstrates that view…
Comparing Immigration Policies
This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, we challenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most or least restrictive toward admissions. The data also reveal trends toward more complex and, often, more restrictive regulation since the 1990s, as…
Beyond venue shopping and liberal constraint
European Union (EU) asylum and immigration politics and policies have witnessed a major change since their communitarization in the early 2000s. Studies on EU migration, however, do not agree on the impact that EU institutions now have on policy outputs and outcomes. While some argue that supranational institutions are able to impose ‘liberal constraints’ on member states, other studies consider them unable to shift the ‘policy core’ of EU migrat…
Escaping Populism – Safeguarding Minority Rights
Contrary to earlier predictions, communitarization in the area of asylum policies has not led to an erosion of refugee rights. Instead, there is growing evidence that EU asylum harmonization has safeguarded existing standards and even enhanced the rights of asylum‐seekers and refugees in Europe. We seek to explain this by building on the insights of principal‐agent theory. We argue that delegation to supranational institutions can strengthen non‐…
Trading numbers vs. rights? Accounting for liberal and restrictive dynamics in the evolution of asylum and refugee policies
The recent evolution of asylum and refugee policies in developed countries has been characterised by two apparently contradictory dynamics. Efforts to limit the number of asylum applicants have coincided with the strengthening of rights for asylum seekers and refugees inside existing protection systems. The ‘numbers vs. rights’ model seeks to explain such counter-veiling trends as a trade-off, as the result of attempts to manage costs within give…
Why courts are the life buoys of migrant rights
A rise in anti-immigrant pressure can reduce asylum recognition rates, irrespective of individuals' protection needs. Independent courts, which often act as a safeguard of migrant rights vis-à-vis such pressures, have been subject to increasing political interference. Yet, we know very little about how variation in the level of judicial independence - especially among lower courts - affects policy outcomes. In this paper, we assess the impact of …
A Research Agenda for the Study of Migrants and Minorities in Europe
Buying into Myths
The way in which free movement of people has become the central issue of the British government's renegotiation and referendum campaign on the UK 's relationship with the European Union ( EU ) risks obfuscating at least three central issues: why immigrants are coming to the UK ; what impact EU migrants are having on the UK ; and what can be done to effectively regulate such inflows. It is, however, not just the eurosceptics and the British govern…
A Research Agenda for the Study of Migrants and Minorities in Europe
Comparing Immigration Policies
This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, we challenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most or least restrictive toward admissions. The data also reveal trends toward more complex and, often, more restrictive regulation since the 1990s, as…
Buying into Myths
The way in which free movement of people has become the central issue of the British government's renegotiation and referendum campaign on the UK 's relationship with the European Union ( EU ) risks obfuscating at least three central issues: why immigrants are coming to the UK ; what impact EU migrants are having on the UK ; and what can be done to effectively regulate such inflows. It is, however, not just the eurosceptics and the British govern…
Trading numbers vs. rights? Accounting for liberal and restrictive dynamics in the evolution of asylum and refugee policies
The recent evolution of asylum and refugee policies in developed countries has been characterised by two apparently contradictory dynamics. Efforts to limit the number of asylum applicants have coincided with the strengthening of rights for asylum seekers and refugees inside existing protection systems. The ‘numbers vs. rights’ model seeks to explain such counter-veiling trends as a trade-off, as the result of attempts to manage costs within give…
Escaping Populism – Safeguarding Minority Rights
Contrary to earlier predictions, communitarization in the area of asylum policies has not led to an erosion of refugee rights. Instead, there is growing evidence that EU asylum harmonization has safeguarded existing standards and even enhanced the rights of asylum‐seekers and refugees in Europe. We seek to explain this by building on the insights of principal‐agent theory. We argue that delegation to supranational institutions can strengthen non‐…
Beyond venue shopping and liberal constraint
European Union (EU) asylum and immigration politics and policies have witnessed a major change since their communitarization in the early 2000s. Studies on EU migration, however, do not agree on the impact that EU institutions now have on policy outputs and outcomes. While some argue that supranational institutions are able to impose ‘liberal constraints’ on member states, other studies consider them unable to shift the ‘policy core’ of EU migrat…
Why Refugee Burden‐Sharing Initiatives Fail
Traditionally, differences in states’ refugee protection contributions have been attributed to the variation in countries’ structural pull‐factors such as their geographic location. However, policy choices, such as Germany's decision to open its borders for Syrian refugees in 2015, can also have a significant impact on the number of arrivals and constitute a puzzle that traditional approaches struggle to explain. This paper demonstrates that view…
Why courts are the life buoys of migrant rights
A rise in anti-immigrant pressure can reduce asylum recognition rates, irrespective of individuals' protection needs. Independent courts, which often act as a safeguard of migrant rights vis-à-vis such pressures, have been subject to increasing political interference. Yet, we know very little about how variation in the level of judicial independence - especially among lower courts - affects policy outcomes. In this paper, we assess the impact of …
Law (8 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political economy (4 works)