Why control immigration? : strategic uses of migration management in Russia /

Why control immigration? : strategic uses of migration management in Russia /

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Author / Creator:	Schenk, Caress, author.
Imprint:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2018] ©2018
Description:	xiv, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Immigrants -- Government policy -- Russia (Federation) Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. Immigrants -- Government policy. Russia (Federation) -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. Russia (Federation)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11770468

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ISBN:	1487502974 9781487502973
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-361) and index.
Summary:	"Migration management in Russia is a window into how public policy, the federal system, and patronage are used to manage conflicting demands. This multi-level balancing act demonstrates the importance of high-level politics, institutional interests and constraints, and the conditions under which government actors at all levels can pursue their own interests as the state seeks political equilibrium. Why Control Immigration? argues that a scarcity of legal labour and the ensuing growth of illegal immigration can act as a patronage resource for bureaucratic and regional elites. Assessing the legal and political context of migration, Caress Schenk blends a political science approach with insights from the comparative immigration literature. Using this framework, she also engages with attitudes on populism and anti-immigration, particularly in terms of how political leaders utilize and employ public opinion in Russia."--
Standard no.:	40028062669

Table of Contents:

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Russia as an Immigration Magnet
1. Why Control Immigration?
2. The Multi-Level Balancing Act of Migration Management
3. Scarcity Mechanism #1: Quotas as a Legacy of State Planning
4. Scarcity Mechanism #2: Patents as State Capitalism
5. Local Politics of Immigration in Moscow
6. Regional Politics of Immigration in Sverdlovsk
7. Regional Politics of Immigration in Krasnodar
Conclusion
Appendixes
Notes
Works Cited
Index