LEADER 04139nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910825323203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-387-95940-8 010 $a1-283-94509-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-0-387-95940-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001006292 035 $a(EBL)603140 035 $a(OCoLC)668095699 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000449003 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11345916 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000449003 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10428226 035 $a(PQKB)10075600 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-387-95940-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC603140 035 $a(PPN)149019629 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001006292 100 $a20100928d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican immigration policy $econfronting the nation's challenges /$fSteven G. Koven, Frank Gotzke 205 $a1st ed. 2010. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 225 1 $aPublic administration, governance and globalization ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-387-95939-4 311 $a1-4614-2645-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTheoretical Perspectives: Economics, Culture, Politics -- The Political Economy of Immigration Policies and Politics -- Immigrant Contributions to American Economic Development -- Immigrant Contributions to American Culture -- Immigrant Contributions to American Politics and Immigration Policy -- Immigration Policies Outside of the United States -- Conclusions. 330 $aThe mission of this book is to counter the apocalyptic vision of the American ?invasion? with a more balanced account of the consequences of immigration. The book will examine how the United States has dealt with immigration through enactment of various public policies over time. It will approach the issue from a political, economic and cultural perspective with an emphasis on the qualitative, positive contributions of immigrants. The goal of the book is to provide some individual depth to the larger discussion of immigration that typically is carried out at the ?macro? level. It argues that immigration policy is cyclical, ranging from very open to very closed borders. Moreover, it asserts that it is difficult to measure the heterogeneous contributions of immigrants and therefore cost-benefit type assessments of immigration are limited. Case studies of how individual immigrants contribute to culture, politics or economic development of the United States offset empirical studies. The book will review previous immigration policy, data related to economic costs of immigration, literature relevant to the question of the dilution or preservation of ?American culture?, and immigration policies of other Western nations. The book will look at alternative perspectives on integration including an Americanization, Anglo-conformity perspective, a new American, melting pot perspective, and the cultural pluralism perspective. These perspectives in turn influence the degree to which specific options such as guest workers, amnesty, specialized skill, family unification, border enforcement, employer sanctions or political asylum are prioritized. The combination of rigorous data analysis and engaging, qualitative narrative make this book?s contribution to the debate on immigration policy in the United States unique. 410 0$aPublic administration, governance and globalization ;$v1. 606 $aImmigrants$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aAliens$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy 615 0$aImmigrants$xGovernment policy 615 0$aAliens 676 $a325.73 700 $aKoven$b Steven G$01061210 701 $aGotzke$b Frank$01761665 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825323203321 996 $aAmerican immigration policy$94201251 997 $aUNINA