Immigration, Security, and the Liberal State

Contextualizing the regulation of human mobility in a new security framework, this book offers an original perspective on the dominant mode of politics and evolving norms shaping the immigration policies of contemporary liberal states. In doing so, the authors challenge existing paradigms that privilege economic and cultural factors over new security ones in explaining the critical institutional and normative changes in migration management, from the early post-WWII through the post-Cold War era. Drawing on evidence from multiple sources, including media and elite discourse, policy tracking, party manifesto data and public opinion across Europe and the US, the book exposes the restrictive nature of immigration politics and policies when immigration is framed as a security threat, and considers its implications for civil liberties. Informed by a rich breadth of scholarly sub-disciplines, the findings contribute both empirically and theoretically to the literatures on international migration, security and public opinion.

Author: Gallya Lahav, Anthony M. Messina
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/18/2024
Pages: 514
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9781009297998

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2024

About the Author
Lahav, Gallya: - Gallya Lahav is Professor of Political Science at Stony Brook University, SUNY. Professor Lahav was recipient of the MacArthur Foundation award for this project's early development. She is the author of Immigration and Politics in the New Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and co-editor of several expert compendia on migration. Her work has also appeared in numerous books, handbooks, and journals including Comparative Political Studies, the American Journal of Political Research, Political Behavior, and International Migration Review.Messina, Anthony M.: - Anthony M. Messina is John R. Reitemeyer Professor in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College, Connecticut. Professor Messina specializes in the politics of immigration in Europe. He is the author of Race and Party Competition in Britain (1989), The Logics and Politics of Post-World War II Migration to Western Europe (2007) and has edited or co-edited six volumes, including The Politics of New Immigrant Destinations (2017).

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