Historicising the 1970s migration turn

Policy cycles and the making of the North–South divide

Bibliographic Data

ID22413373
AuthorsEmmanuel Comte (0000-0002-1341-9615, University of Cyprus, corresponding author), Simone Paoli (University of Pisa, corresponding author)
Year2026
Pages1-9
Publication date2026-07-15
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThird World Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0143-6597 • E-ISSN: 1360-2241
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01436597.2026.2696456
OpenAlexW7168339797
LanguageEN
References cited18

This introduction frames the special issue’s account of the 1970s as a decisive turn in global migration governance, when relatively open, often imperially structured regimes of mobility gave way to restriction, differentiation and a hardening North–South divide. It sets out the collection’s shared analytical framework – a policy-cycle model read alongside ­historical institutionalism, rational-choice reasoning and contingency analysis – and shows how the seven contributions, spanning the former colonial powers, international organisations and the Global South, reconstruct the migration turn as a negotiated, multi-scalar process whose legacies continue to shape migration politics today.

Colonialism · Contingency · Making-of · Policy making · Politics · Process (computing) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Development and Aid

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