Publisher Description

Welfare States and Immigrant Rights deals with the impact of welfare states on immigrants' social rights, economic well-being and social inclusion, and it offers the first systematic comparison of immigrants' social rights across welfare states. To study immigrants' social rights the author develops an analytical framework that focuses on the interplay between 1) the type of welfare state regime, 2) forms of entry, or entry categories, and 3) theincorporation regime regulating the inclusion or exclusion of immigrants. The book maps out the development of immigrants' social rights from the early postwar period until around 2010 in six countries representingdifferent welfare state regimes: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark. Part I addresses three major issues. The first is how inclusive or exclusionary welfare state policies are in relation to immigrants, and especially how the type of welfare state and incorporation regime affect their social rights. The second issue concerns changes in immigrant rights and the direction of the change: rights extension versus rights contraction. The third issue is howimmigrants' social rights compare to those of citizens. Part II shifts from policies affecting immigrant rights to the politics of the policies. It examines the politics of inclusion and exclusion in thesix countries, focusing on social rights extension and contraction and changes in the policy dimensions of the incorporation regime that impinge on immigrant rights.

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The first systematic comparative analysis of immigrants' social rights across welfare states.

Author Biography

Diane Sainsbury was formerly Lars Hierta Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. In 2009 she was Marie-Jahoda Guest Professor for International Women Studies at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Among her most recent publications are, 'Women's Political Representation in Sweden: Discursive Resources and Institutional Presence', in Mona Lena Krook and Sarah Childs (eds), Women, Gender, and Politics: A Reader(Oxford University Press, 2010), 'Sweden: The Feminization of Poverty?' in Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg (ed.), Poor Women in Rich Countries (Oxford University Press, 2010), and 'Gender, Care and Welfare', inGeorgina Waylen, Karen Celis, Johanna Kantola and Laurel Weldon (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics (forthcoming). She is Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsList of Tables and Figures1: Welfare States and Immigrant RightsPart I: Immigrants' Social Rights In Comparative Perspective2: Introduction to Part I3: Liberal Welfare States and Immigrants' Social Rights4: Conservative Corporatist Welfare States and Immigrants' Social Rights5: Social Democratic Welfare States and Immigrants' Social Rights6: with Ann Morissens: Immigrants' Social Rights across Welfare StatesPart II: The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion7: Introduction to Part II8: Liberal Welfare States and the Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion9: Conservative Corporatist Welfare States and the Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion10: Social Democratic Welfare States and the Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion11: The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion Compared12: Conclusion: Immigrant Rights - a Challenge for Welfare StatesReferencesIndex

Review

A welcome, innovative addition to the literature ... Drawing on both welfare-state and international-migration literature, this is an essential read for scholars with an interest in political science and migration studies. * Sarah Hackett, Times Higher Education *
A grounding and impressive study. Both welfare state and immigration scholars will find much important material in this book. * Sofia A. Perez, ILR Review *

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Co-winner of the 2013 Best Book Award by the American Political Science Association's Migration and Citizenship Section

Long Description

Welfare States and Immigrant Rights deals with the impact of welfare states on immigrants' social rights, economic well-being and social inclusion, and it offers the first systematic comparison of immigrants' social rights across welfare states. To study immigrants' social rights the author develops an analytical framework that focuses on the interplay between 1) the type of welfare state regime, 2) forms of entry, or entry categories, and 3) the
incorporation regime regulating the inclusion or exclusion of immigrants. The book maps out the development of immigrants' social rights from the early postwar period until around 2010 in six countries representing
different welfare state regimes: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark. Part I addresses three major issues. The first is how inclusive or exclusionary welfare state policies are in relation to immigrants, and especially how the type of welfare state and incorporation regime affect their social rights. The second issue concerns changes in immigrant rights and the direction of the change: rights extension versus rights contraction. The third issue is how
immigrants' social rights compare to those of citizens. Part II shifts from policies affecting immigrant rights to the politics of the policies. It examines the politics of inclusion and exclusion in the
six countries, focusing on social rights extension and contraction and changes in the policy dimensions of the incorporation regime that impinge on immigrant rights.

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A welcome, innovative addition to the literature ... Drawing on both welfare-state and international-migration literature, this is an essential read for scholars with an interest in political science and migration studies.

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Co-winner of the 2013 Best Book Award by the American Political Science Association's Migration and Citizenship Section

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Innovative approach, combining theoretical perspectives from comparative welfare state research and international migration literature
First systematic comparative analysis of immigrants' social rights across welfare states

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