Policy Ad-Hocracy
The Paucity of Coordinated Perspectives and Policies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9759004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark J Miller (0000-0002-1532-8338, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 485 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-75 |
| Publication date | 1986-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716286485001006 |
| OpenAlex | W2049583578 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 5 |
Postwar Western European foreign-worker policies generally evolved in an ad hoc, piecemeal fashion and were characterized by a lack of long-term planning and coordination with emigrant-sending countries. In some instances official immigration policies were poorly implemented or unenforced, and therefore unofficial, de facto policies emerged. In other cases official assumptions concerning postwar labor migration persisted long after they had been shown to be inadequate, contributing to inconsistencies between declared and de facto policies. Policy ad-hocracy arose from the disjuncture between official and de facto policies, from an inability to foresee the outcomes of policy decisions and subsequently to harmonize public policies with the unplanned situations that developed, as well as from the poor adaptation of sovereign states to transnational policy processes. Immigration policy ad-hocracy resulted in largely unplanned settlement and persisting policy dilemma or malaise. Specific examples are examined in France, Switzerland, and the Federal Republic of Germany to illustrate the general patterns and to suggest some significant variations across national contexts
De facto · Development economics · Dilemma · Economics · Foreign policy · Immigration · Immigration policy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Sovereignty · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Public Administration
Postwar and Post-Cold War Generations of European Temporary Foreign Worker Policies
Adhocracy in Action
Immigration, Citizenship, and the Nation-State in France and Germany
Identities, Borders, Orders
Japan and Labor Migration
Collective Versus Mass Behavior
Ad-hocratic immigration governance
Collective versus Mass Behavior
The political challenge of migration for West European States
Mobilizing Migrant Workers' Rights in "Non-immigration" Countries
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2025 (38) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |