Why Control Immigration? : : Strategic Uses of Migration Management in Russia / / Caress Schenk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Schenk, Caress,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)

Migration management in Russia is a window into how public policy, the federal system, and patronage are used to manage conflicting demands. This multi-level balancing act demonstrates the importance of high-level politics, institutional interests and constraints, and the conditions under which government actors at all levels can pursue their own interests as the state seeks political equilibrium. Why Control Immigration? argues that a scarcity of legal labour and the ensuing growth of illegal immigration can act as a patronage resource for bureaucratic and regional elites. Assessing the legal and political context of migration, Caress Schenk blends a political science approach with insights from the comparative immigration literature. Using this framework, she also engages with attitudes on populism and anti-immigration, particularly in terms of how political leaders utilize and employ public opinion in Russia.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Russia as an Immigration Magnet -- 1. Why Control Immigration? -- 2. The Multi-Level Balancing Act of Migration Management -- 3. Scarcity Mechanism #1: Quotas as a Legacy of State Planning -- 4. Scarcity Mechanism #2: Patents as State Capitalism -- 5. Local Politics of Immigration in Moscow -- 6. Regional Politics of Immigration in Sverdlovsk -- 7. Regional Politics of Immigration in Krasnodar -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index