Leila Hadj Abdou
Biographic Data
| ID | 166950 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leila Hadj Abdou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leila Hadj |
| FAMILY NAME | Abdou |
| SIGNATURE | ABDOU L H |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5355-6286 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 175 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Migration debates in the political party arena during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Austria
The Covid‐19 pandemic highlighted the economic contribution of migrant workers in maintaining essential services and access to goods. This new perspective on migrants as essential workers raised expectations in migration studies that it could reinvigorate an inclusive setting in terms of migration debates and policies. Building on this potential, we examine migration debates in the political party arena with a focus on centrist parties. The analy…
Why failed asylum seekers should have a conditional right to stay
This article aims to reconcile the moral rights of failed asylum seekers with the integrity of the asylum system. Can the state grant failed asylum seekers a right to stay without undermining the core purpose of the refugee system? Can the state sometimes return those whose asylum claim has failed without violating their moral rights? The article argues that restricting the rights of asylum seekers and reducing the length of the asylum process ra…
Beyond evidence-based policymaking? Exploring knowledge formation and source effects in US migration policymaking
Several scholars have observed persistent gaps between policy responses to complex, ambiguous and politicized problems (such as migration, climate change and the recent Covid-19 pandemic) and evidence or ‘facts’. While most existing explanations for this ‘evidence-policy gap’ in the migration policy field focus on knowledge availability and knowledge use by policymakers, this article shifts the focus to processes of knowledge formation, exploring…
Exploring the EU’s status quo tendency in the migration policy field
Why have fundamental policy positions within the EU migration policy field remained relatively stable despite the changing composition of policy players and several 'external shocks' in the last two decades? To complement existing explanations of status quo tendencies in EU migration policy, this article applies a network-centred organizational approach shedding light on the policy environment in which policymakers form their understanding of pol…
The Austrian People's Party
Published online: 09 February 2021
Centre-right parties and immigration in an era of politicisation
Published online: 09 February 2021
Push or pull’? Framing immigration in times of crisis in the European Union and the United States
Migration has become a highly divisive, polarizing issue. This article contributes to the understanding of this polarization by looking at interpretations of migration during critical junctures. It explores discursive framings during the recent migration crises in the European Union and the United States. Analysing interview data collected between 2014 and 2018 with over 100 governance actors, it finds that similar interpretations emerge among th…
The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance
‘This collection includes contributions from some of the most important scholars working in the area of migration studies. The focus is especially timely, given the crises within the European and American systems but equally this book does not shy away from exposing the varying degrees of power and influence within regions and where institutions still fall far short of their mission to govern migration flows. This ambitious collection offers an o…
Immigrant integration
This commentary is a reply to the article ‘Against immigrant integration’ by Willem Schinkel. It argues that rather than abandoning immigrant integration as a field of research, we have to continue to strengthen critical approaches. Immigrant integration has to be understood and analyzed as a governance technique, rendering differences purposeful for certain ends. In this way, categories such as class and race get into the picture instead of bein…
Party activism
This article contributes to the growing field of studies on party-protest linkages that highlight the dynamic nature, complementarity and fuzziness of the parliamentary arena and protest arena. Taking the policy field of asylum, it investigates, first, the conditions for the permeability of the protest arena for party activism and, second, the ways in which party activism shapes and transforms the protest arena. The empirical observations refer t…
Contesting the deportation state? Political change aspirations in protests against forced returns
Deportation of immigrants is a high-ranking issue on political agendas across Europe. Political authorities, however, face a challenge regarding forced returns: affected migrants, organized activists and concerned citizens are standing up for deportees. Do these protests contest the nation state's sovereignty, expressed in the right to carry out deportations of foreign citizens? How far-reaching are protesters' ambitions for political changes? Ba…
Changing the path? EU migration governance after the ‘Arab spring’
First published online: 05 September 2017
Managing superdiversity? Examining the intercultural policy turn in Europe
This article combines a theoretical discussion of interculturalism with an analysis of intercultural policy programmes in European cities (Barcelona, Dublin, Vienna). It contributes in two ways to scholarship on superdiversity and migrant integration: first, by reflecting upon the potential of intercultural policies to respond to superdiverse societies. Second, by engaging with the dominant idea driving the adoption of intercultural policies in E…
Immigrant Integration and the Economic Competitiveness Agenda
This article draws insights from the Austrian capital, a city with a long history of immigration, and from the Irish capital, a city of recent immigration, in order to explore urban approaches to immigrant integration, across Europe. It analyses the emergence of current immigrant integration policy types in the two cities, and scrutinises the vision of immigrant integration that informs the policy approaches in place. The findings show that in bo…
Selige Musliminnen oder marginalisierte Migrantinnen? Das österreichische Paradox der geringen Teilhabe von Kopftuchträgerinnen bei ›toleranter‹ Kopftuchpolitik
Tu felix Austria? The Headscarf and the Politics of 'Non-issues
Austria has one of the most tolerant regulations concerning the expression of religious beliefs and practices in the public realm in Europe. Concerning the headscarf, the Austrian legislation does not know any restrictions on wearing headgear—neither for cultural nor for security reasons - if wearing a veil is clearly related to religious reasons. These liberal legal regulations have even been strengthened during the recent years. In line with th…
Centre-right parties and immigration in an era of politicisation
Published online: 09 February 2021
Immigrant integration
This commentary is a reply to the article ‘Against immigrant integration’ by Willem Schinkel. It argues that rather than abandoning immigrant integration as a field of research, we have to continue to strengthen critical approaches. Immigrant integration has to be understood and analyzed as a governance technique, rendering differences purposeful for certain ends. In this way, categories such as class and race get into the picture instead of bein…
Managing superdiversity? Examining the intercultural policy turn in Europe
This article combines a theoretical discussion of interculturalism with an analysis of intercultural policy programmes in European cities (Barcelona, Dublin, Vienna). It contributes in two ways to scholarship on superdiversity and migrant integration: first, by reflecting upon the potential of intercultural policies to respond to superdiverse societies. Second, by engaging with the dominant idea driving the adoption of intercultural policies in E…
Changing the path? EU migration governance after the ‘Arab spring’
First published online: 05 September 2017
The Austrian People's Party
Published online: 09 February 2021
Push or pull’? Framing immigration in times of crisis in the European Union and the United States
Migration has become a highly divisive, polarizing issue. This article contributes to the understanding of this polarization by looking at interpretations of migration during critical junctures. It explores discursive framings during the recent migration crises in the European Union and the United States. Analysing interview data collected between 2014 and 2018 with over 100 governance actors, it finds that similar interpretations emerge among th…
Exploring the EU’s status quo tendency in the migration policy field
Why have fundamental policy positions within the EU migration policy field remained relatively stable despite the changing composition of policy players and several 'external shocks' in the last two decades? To complement existing explanations of status quo tendencies in EU migration policy, this article applies a network-centred organizational approach shedding light on the policy environment in which policymakers form their understanding of pol…
Contesting the deportation state? Political change aspirations in protests against forced returns
Deportation of immigrants is a high-ranking issue on political agendas across Europe. Political authorities, however, face a challenge regarding forced returns: affected migrants, organized activists and concerned citizens are standing up for deportees. Do these protests contest the nation state's sovereignty, expressed in the right to carry out deportations of foreign citizens? How far-reaching are protesters' ambitions for political changes? Ba…
Beyond evidence-based policymaking? Exploring knowledge formation and source effects in US migration policymaking
Several scholars have observed persistent gaps between policy responses to complex, ambiguous and politicized problems (such as migration, climate change and the recent Covid-19 pandemic) and evidence or ‘facts’. While most existing explanations for this ‘evidence-policy gap’ in the migration policy field focus on knowledge availability and knowledge use by policymakers, this article shifts the focus to processes of knowledge formation, exploring…
Immigrant Integration and the Economic Competitiveness Agenda
This article draws insights from the Austrian capital, a city with a long history of immigration, and from the Irish capital, a city of recent immigration, in order to explore urban approaches to immigrant integration, across Europe. It analyses the emergence of current immigrant integration policy types in the two cities, and scrutinises the vision of immigrant integration that informs the policy approaches in place. The findings show that in bo…
Tu felix Austria? The Headscarf and the Politics of 'Non-issues
Austria has one of the most tolerant regulations concerning the expression of religious beliefs and practices in the public realm in Europe. Concerning the headscarf, the Austrian legislation does not know any restrictions on wearing headgear—neither for cultural nor for security reasons - if wearing a veil is clearly related to religious reasons. These liberal legal regulations have even been strengthened during the recent years. In line with th…
Migration debates in the political party arena during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Austria
The Covid‐19 pandemic highlighted the economic contribution of migrant workers in maintaining essential services and access to goods. This new perspective on migrants as essential workers raised expectations in migration studies that it could reinvigorate an inclusive setting in terms of migration debates and policies. Building on this potential, we examine migration debates in the political party arena with a focus on centrist parties. The analy…
Party activism
This article contributes to the growing field of studies on party-protest linkages that highlight the dynamic nature, complementarity and fuzziness of the parliamentary arena and protest arena. Taking the policy field of asylum, it investigates, first, the conditions for the permeability of the protest arena for party activism and, second, the ways in which party activism shapes and transforms the protest arena. The empirical observations refer t…
Why failed asylum seekers should have a conditional right to stay
This article aims to reconcile the moral rights of failed asylum seekers with the integrity of the asylum system. Can the state grant failed asylum seekers a right to stay without undermining the core purpose of the refugee system? Can the state sometimes return those whose asylum claim has failed without violating their moral rights? The article argues that restricting the rights of asylum seekers and reducing the length of the asylum process ra…
Tu felix Austria? The Headscarf and the Politics of 'Non-issues
Austria has one of the most tolerant regulations concerning the expression of religious beliefs and practices in the public realm in Europe. Concerning the headscarf, the Austrian legislation does not know any restrictions on wearing headgear—neither for cultural nor for security reasons - if wearing a veil is clearly related to religious reasons. These liberal legal regulations have even been strengthened during the recent years. In line with th…
Selige Musliminnen oder marginalisierte Migrantinnen? Das österreichische Paradox der geringen Teilhabe von Kopftuchträgerinnen bei ›toleranter‹ Kopftuchpolitik
Immigrant Integration and the Economic Competitiveness Agenda
This article draws insights from the Austrian capital, a city with a long history of immigration, and from the Irish capital, a city of recent immigration, in order to explore urban approaches to immigrant integration, across Europe. It analyses the emergence of current immigrant integration policy types in the two cities, and scrutinises the vision of immigrant integration that informs the policy approaches in place. The findings show that in bo…
Changing the path? EU migration governance after the ‘Arab spring’
First published online: 05 September 2017
Managing superdiversity? Examining the intercultural policy turn in Europe
This article combines a theoretical discussion of interculturalism with an analysis of intercultural policy programmes in European cities (Barcelona, Dublin, Vienna). It contributes in two ways to scholarship on superdiversity and migrant integration: first, by reflecting upon the potential of intercultural policies to respond to superdiverse societies. Second, by engaging with the dominant idea driving the adoption of intercultural policies in E…
The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance
‘This collection includes contributions from some of the most important scholars working in the area of migration studies. The focus is especially timely, given the crises within the European and American systems but equally this book does not shy away from exposing the varying degrees of power and influence within regions and where institutions still fall far short of their mission to govern migration flows. This ambitious collection offers an o…
Immigrant integration
This commentary is a reply to the article ‘Against immigrant integration’ by Willem Schinkel. It argues that rather than abandoning immigrant integration as a field of research, we have to continue to strengthen critical approaches. Immigrant integration has to be understood and analyzed as a governance technique, rendering differences purposeful for certain ends. In this way, categories such as class and race get into the picture instead of bein…
Party activism
This article contributes to the growing field of studies on party-protest linkages that highlight the dynamic nature, complementarity and fuzziness of the parliamentary arena and protest arena. Taking the policy field of asylum, it investigates, first, the conditions for the permeability of the protest arena for party activism and, second, the ways in which party activism shapes and transforms the protest arena. The empirical observations refer t…
Contesting the deportation state? Political change aspirations in protests against forced returns
Deportation of immigrants is a high-ranking issue on political agendas across Europe. Political authorities, however, face a challenge regarding forced returns: affected migrants, organized activists and concerned citizens are standing up for deportees. Do these protests contest the nation state's sovereignty, expressed in the right to carry out deportations of foreign citizens? How far-reaching are protesters' ambitions for political changes? Ba…
Push or pull’? Framing immigration in times of crisis in the European Union and the United States
Migration has become a highly divisive, polarizing issue. This article contributes to the understanding of this polarization by looking at interpretations of migration during critical junctures. It explores discursive framings during the recent migration crises in the European Union and the United States. Analysing interview data collected between 2014 and 2018 with over 100 governance actors, it finds that similar interpretations emerge among th…
The Austrian People's Party
Published online: 09 February 2021
Centre-right parties and immigration in an era of politicisation
Published online: 09 February 2021
Exploring the EU’s status quo tendency in the migration policy field
Why have fundamental policy positions within the EU migration policy field remained relatively stable despite the changing composition of policy players and several 'external shocks' in the last two decades? To complement existing explanations of status quo tendencies in EU migration policy, this article applies a network-centred organizational approach shedding light on the policy environment in which policymakers form their understanding of pol…
Why failed asylum seekers should have a conditional right to stay
This article aims to reconcile the moral rights of failed asylum seekers with the integrity of the asylum system. Can the state grant failed asylum seekers a right to stay without undermining the core purpose of the refugee system? Can the state sometimes return those whose asylum claim has failed without violating their moral rights? The article argues that restricting the rights of asylum seekers and reducing the length of the asylum process ra…
Beyond evidence-based policymaking? Exploring knowledge formation and source effects in US migration policymaking
Several scholars have observed persistent gaps between policy responses to complex, ambiguous and politicized problems (such as migration, climate change and the recent Covid-19 pandemic) and evidence or ‘facts’. While most existing explanations for this ‘evidence-policy gap’ in the migration policy field focus on knowledge availability and knowledge use by policymakers, this article shifts the focus to processes of knowledge formation, exploring…
Migration debates in the political party arena during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Austria
The Covid‐19 pandemic highlighted the economic contribution of migrant workers in maintaining essential services and access to goods. This new perspective on migrants as essential workers raised expectations in migration studies that it could reinvigorate an inclusive setting in terms of migration debates and policies. Building on this potential, we examine migration debates in the political party arena with a focus on centrist parties. The analy…
Political science (15 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (11 works) · Political economy (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Immigration (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works)