Measuring change in immigration policy /:

Challen demonstrates with new data that U.S. policy makers have not increased skill bias in migrant admissions policy, despite a turbulent economy and public concern regarding the fiscal cost of immigration. She presents a new theory of the determinants of change in U.S. migrant admissions policy th...

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1. Verfasser: Challen, Suzanna (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
Schriftenreihe:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Zusammenfassung:Challen demonstrates with new data that U.S. policy makers have not increased skill bias in migrant admissions policy, despite a turbulent economy and public concern regarding the fiscal cost of immigration. She presents a new theory of the determinants of change in U.S. migrant admissions policy that highlights the importance of supermajoritarian decision making procedures and special interest groups in influencing policy making in the U.S. Senate. The theory better accounts for both the expansive nature and the infrequency of policy change since 1965. In the final chapter, a methodological p.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 238 pages .)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1593327455
9781593327453