A New Agenda for Immigration and Citizenship Policy Research. (January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Helbling, Marc; Michalowski, Ines
• Other Names: Helbling Marc guest-editor.; Michalowski Ines guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Comparative political studies. Volume 50:Number 1(2017:Jan.)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 13
• Publication Date: 2017-01
• Subjects: migration -- policy indices -- citizenship; Political science -- Periodicals; 320.05
• DOI: 10.1177/0010414016666864
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0010-4140

Abstract

Given the widespread interest in political solutions to the current problems associated with immigration, we need to have an accurate understanding of existing policies in a cross-national perspective. To explain the coming into being and effectiveness of these policies, researchers have recently started to quantify immigration and citizenship policies and built databases across time and a large number of countries. These indices are likely to reconnect political science research with a field from which it has long been disconnected in terms of theories and methodology—the sub-field of migration and citizenship research. This special issue brings together scholars from North America and Europe who have been at the forefront of index-building and have started to employ these indices in empirical research.