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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255303303321

Autore

Glynn Irial

Titolo

Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse : Boats, Votes and Asylum in Australia and Italy / / by Irial Glynn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137517333

1137517336

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 218 p. 9 illus.)

Disciplina

320.6

Soggetti

Political planning

Emigration and immigration

Comparative government

Public Policy

Human Migration

Comparative Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: International Obligations vs National Interests -- Chapter 1: Boat People and Migration Theory -- Chapter 2: A New Wave, 1989-1994 -- Chapter 3: The Rise of the Right, 1995-2000 -- Chapter 4: Boats and Votes, 2001-2006 -- Chapter 5: A Moral Dilemma, 2007-2015 -- Conclusion: Divergence or Convergence?.

Sommario/riassunto

This book compares the policies of Australia and Italy towards boat people who have arrived in the two countries since the early 1990s. While the regular and varied inflow of immigrants arriving at national airports, ferry terminals and train stations is seldom witnessed by the public, the arrival of boat people is often played out in the media and consequently attracts disproportionate political and public attention. Both Australia and Italy faced similar dilemmas, but the nature of political debate on the issue, the types of strategies introduced, and the effects that policy changes had on boat people diverged considerably. This book argues that contrasting migration path dependencies, disparate political values within the Left, and varying



international obligations best explain the different approaches taken by the two countries to boat people.