Abstract
The inward mobility of labour can serve as a driver of economic growth and the immigration policies of many countries are orientated towards this end. However immigration is also a contentious issue, with the general public often displaying hostility towards liberal immigration policies. The compromises between economic and political considerations that states make when developing immigration policy are poorly theorised in academic literature. The study contributes to conceptual understandings of the voices of ‘elites’ in the political-economy of immigration policy through a critical interrogation of the narratives and preferences of employers in the context of the ongoing Scottish constitutional change debate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 506-529 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Scottish Affairs |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2016 |
Keywords
- Immigration policy
- Scotland
- Elite perspectives
- Political economy
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- McCollum_ImmigrationPolicy_SA_AM
Copyright Edinburgh University Press 2016. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2016.0154