Link to the University of Pittsburgh
Link to the University Library SystemContact us link
AEI Banner

Circumventing deadlock through venue-shopping: Why there is not only talk in US immigration policies in times of economic crisis

Zaun, Natascha and Roos, Christof and Gulzau, Fabian (2015) Circumventing deadlock through venue-shopping: Why there is not only talk in US immigration policies in times of economic crisis. [Conference Proceedings] (Submitted)

[img] PDF
Download (1031Kb)

    Abstract

    This article addresses the question how the financial and economic crisis that hit the US in the late 2000s impacted on immigration policies. Drawing on Kingdon’s multiple streams model and combining it with the notion of two-level games, we find that while the policy stream and the problem stream would call for both restrictive and liberalising changes, the political stream impedes change: The fact that Congress is since long divided over a Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) impedes any restrictive or liberalising changes. With problems resulting from current policies being intensified through the global economic crisis, however, actors favouring either restrictive or liberal policy change look for alternative venues to pursue their policy aims. Through legislative changes on the state level or via executive orders by the president, policies can be changed on a lower level without a CIR.

    Export/Citation:EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII (Chicago style) | HTML Citation | OpenURL
    Social Networking:
    Item Type: Conference Proceedings
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-US
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Conference: European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 2015 (14th), March 4-7, 2015
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 17 Dec 2018 13:06
    Number of Pages: 24
    Last Modified: 17 Dec 2018 13:06
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/79715

    Actions (login required)

    View Item

    Document Downloads