The Exclusion of Immigrants from Welfare Programs : : Cross-National Analysis and Contemporary Developments / / ed. by Edward A. Koning.

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• MitwirkendeR: Banting, Keith G.,; Bjerre, Liv,; Brochmann, Grete,; Butz, Adam M.,; Crepaz, Markus M. L.,; Duman, Anil,; Gruber, Oliver,; Joppke, Christian,; Kahanec, Martin,; Kaushal, Neeraj,; Kehrberg, Jason E.,; Koning, Edward A.,; Kymlicka, Will,; Mýtna Kureková, Lucia,; Peixoto, João,; Reis Oliveira, Catarina,; Rigzin, Tsewang,; Römer, Friederike,; West, Mikhala L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Koning, Edward A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (504 p.) :; 53 b&w figures, 24 b&w tables

In light of the increase in cross-border mobility and the recent political climate surrounding immigration-related issues, understanding the politics and policies of immigrants’ access to welfare programs is more relevant than ever. Systematic analysis of this subject has been held back, however, by...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Index
• Figures and Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Section One: Setting the Stage
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The IESPI and Descriptive Findings
• Section Two: Quantitative Analyses
• 3. The Drivers of Exclusion
• 4. Appeasement via Exclusion? Differential Access to Social Programs and Their Effects on Xenophobia, Racism, and Perceived Welfare System Abuse
• 5. Closing the Gaps: The Positive Effects of Welfare Inclusion on Immigrants’ Labour Market Integration
• 6. It Ain’t about the Money: A Cross-Country Study of the Fiscal Implications of Immigrant Exclusion
• Section Three: Case Studies
• 7. Between Equality and Exclusion: Migrant Integration in Austria’s Bismarckian Welfare System
• 8. Inclusion under Pressure: The Case of Norway
• 9. From Exclusion to More Exclusion: Immigration and Social Welfare Access in the United States
• 10. Why Choose the Inclusionary Path? Social Policy in a Recent Welfare and Immigration Country: The Case of Portugal
• Section Four: Concluding Reflections
• 11. Welfare and Immigration: Factoring In the Neoliberal Order
• 12. Philosophies of Inclusion and Exclusion
• 13. Conclusions: Is an Inclusive Multicultural Welfare State a Feasible Project?
• Appendix: Detailed Country Descriptions
• Bibliography
• Contributors