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Elena Chou - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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branding canadian experience in Immigration Policy nation building in a neoliberal era
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2017Co-Authors: Rupaleem Bhuyan, Daphne Jeyapal, Jane Ku, Izumi Sakamoto, Elena ChouAbstract:This paper examines the branding of ‘Canadian experience’ in Canadian Immigration Policy as a rhetorical strategy for neoliberal nation-building. Since 2008, the Canadian government has introduced an unprecedented number of changes to Immigration Policy. While the bulk of these policies produce more temporary and precarious forms of migration, the Canadian government has mobilized the rhetoric of ‘Canadian experience’ as a means to identify immigrants who carry the promise of economic and social integration. Through a critical discourse analysis of Canadian print media and political discourse, we trace how the brand of Canadian experience taps into the affective value of national identity in an era of global economic insecurity. We also illustrate how the discourse of Canadian experience (CE) remains ideologically deracialized, such that the government’s embrace of CE as an immigrant selection criterion dismisses the discriminatory effects that this discourse is shown to have for racialized immigrants in Canada.
Ronald E. Brown - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Race, Religion, and Immigration Policy Attitudes
Race and Social Problems, 2017Co-Authors: R. Khari Brown, Ronald E. BrownAbstract:Using the pooled 2004 and 2008 National Politics Study, the present study indicates that while blacks are more likely than whites and Hispanics to hear political sermons, hearing such sermons more consistently associates with support for less restrictive Immigration policies among whites than among both blacks and Hispanics. This may suggests that attending congregations where politics are heard provides whites with unique opportunities to think about their government’s obligation to immigrants. Alternatively, Hispanics may, by virtue of experiencing a direct or indirect Immigration experience, be more supportive of liberal Immigration policies regardless of the sermon they hear. Finally, we argue that the marginalized economic position of blacks may help explain why exposure to political sermons is largely unrelated to black Immigration Policy attitudes.
Lucie Cerna - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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current Policy trends in skilled Immigration Policy
International Migration, 2014Co-Authors: Anna Boucher, Lucie CernaAbstract:Over the last decade, skilled Immigration has proliferated as a Policy preference among governments. Skilled Immigration policies target the supply of new immigrants into labour market gaps that result from economic shifts and structural ageing. At the same time, skilled immigrants are often viewed as less welfare dependent and more labour market ready that other forms of immigrants, including those entering through family reunification streams. International organizations, including the World Bank and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), have also emphasized the growing importance of skilled Immigration globally. Notwithstanding this considerable attention by both international and domestic government agencies to skilled Immigration, it is notable that to date there has been no single special issue produced on skilled Immigration policies in comparative perspective. A number of important collected books have been edited on the topic (Bhagwati and Hanson, 2009; Boeri et al, 2012; Chiswick, 2010; Ruhs and Anderson, 2010; Triadafilopoulos, 2013). Yet, at present, we lack a special issue on this topic. This current special issue, bringing together many of the world’s experts on skilled Immigration Policy, attempts to fill the gap. In the following introductory article, we briefly set out some of the major themes for contemporary skilled Immigration Policy globally, and discuss how these issues are addressed in the contributions in this Special Issue.
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Changes in Swedish Labour Immigration Policy: A Slight Revolution?
2009Co-Authors: Lucie CernaAbstract:This paper examines changes in Swedish labour Immigration Policy from early 2000s, but particular attention is paid to recent changes. The new Immigration Law of 2008 liberalised Immigration Policy and made it more employer-driven. These changes are called by some as ‘slight revolution’. The paper analyses the preferences of three main actors (native high-skilled labour, native low-skilled labour and capital), the coalitions built between them and the institutional constraints in order to explain labour Immigration changes. It draws on the examination of media coverage, elite interviews, and labour relations and political representation literature. The paper also provides a first evaluation of the new Immigration Policy.
Rupaleem Bhuyan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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branding canadian experience in Immigration Policy nation building in a neoliberal era
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2017Co-Authors: Rupaleem Bhuyan, Daphne Jeyapal, Jane Ku, Izumi Sakamoto, Elena ChouAbstract:This paper examines the branding of ‘Canadian experience’ in Canadian Immigration Policy as a rhetorical strategy for neoliberal nation-building. Since 2008, the Canadian government has introduced an unprecedented number of changes to Immigration Policy. While the bulk of these policies produce more temporary and precarious forms of migration, the Canadian government has mobilized the rhetoric of ‘Canadian experience’ as a means to identify immigrants who carry the promise of economic and social integration. Through a critical discourse analysis of Canadian print media and political discourse, we trace how the brand of Canadian experience taps into the affective value of national identity in an era of global economic insecurity. We also illustrate how the discourse of Canadian experience (CE) remains ideologically deracialized, such that the government’s embrace of CE as an immigrant selection criterion dismisses the discriminatory effects that this discourse is shown to have for racialized immigrants in Canada.
R. Khari Brown - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Race, Religion, and Immigration Policy Attitudes
Race and Social Problems, 2017Co-Authors: R. Khari Brown, Ronald E. BrownAbstract:Using the pooled 2004 and 2008 National Politics Study, the present study indicates that while blacks are more likely than whites and Hispanics to hear political sermons, hearing such sermons more consistently associates with support for less restrictive Immigration policies among whites than among both blacks and Hispanics. This may suggests that attending congregations where politics are heard provides whites with unique opportunities to think about their government’s obligation to immigrants. Alternatively, Hispanics may, by virtue of experiencing a direct or indirect Immigration experience, be more supportive of liberal Immigration policies regardless of the sermon they hear. Finally, we argue that the marginalized economic position of blacks may help explain why exposure to political sermons is largely unrelated to black Immigration Policy attitudes.
