02902nam 22005415 450 991025530330332120231024141002.09781137517333113751733610.1057/978-1-137-51733-3(CKB)3710000000725812(DE-He213)978-1-137-51733-3(MiAaPQ)EBC4720647(Perlego)3490610(EXLCZ)99371000000072581220160611d2016 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAsylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse Boats, Votes and Asylum in Australia and Italy /by Irial Glynn1st ed. 2016.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (XIII, 218 p. 9 illus.)9781137517326 1137517328 Includes bibliographical references and index.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?.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.Political planningEmigration and immigrationComparative governmentPublic PolicyHuman MigrationComparative PoliticsPolitical planning.Emigration and immigration.Comparative government.Public Policy.Human Migration.Comparative Politics.320.6Glynn Irialauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut786983BOOK9910255303303321Asylum policy, boat people and political discourse1752980UNINA