How Do States Implement Liberal Immigration Policies? Control Signals and Skilled Immigration Reform in Australia

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ID6263798
AutoresChris F Wright (0000-0003-0984-6208, Macquarie University, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume27
Fascículo3
Páginas397-421
Data de publicação2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGovernance (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/gove.12043
OpenAlexW1522942711
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas22

States often face immigration “control dilemmas” between popular pressures for tighter immigration controls versus economic pressures for more liberal work visa controls. Using a systematic process analysis of recent policy developments in Australia, this article argues that the Howard government's large expansion of “wanted” forms of immigration hinged upon its ability to control “unwanted” forms of immigration. The concept of “control signals” is introduced to account for the government's success in exiting an immigration control dilemma, which allowed it to pursue skilled immigration reforms that would have otherwise proven difficult. A research agenda is established for examining the conditions under which the use of control signals is likely to be successful and for applying the concept to other realms of public policy where states face control dilemmas

Control (management · Dilemma · Economic growth · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Government (linguistics · Immigration · Immigration law · Immigration policy · Immigration reform · Management · Political economy · Political science · Public policy · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Policy and Reform Studies