This book develops an exploratory theory of immigration in multilevel states addressing two
themes: governance and political parties. It examines not only how, and by whom …

Open political debate on immigration and integration policies (IIP) among Canadian political
parties has been relatively limited. As Canada's immigration and integration systems …

This chapter constructs a theoretical framework for approaching both the impact of multilevel
governance on immigration policies and the impact of immigration policies on multilevel …

Contact theory and threat group theory offer contradictory hypothesis regarding the effect of
contact with immigrants. Does contact reduce or increases negative attitudes towards …

In 1987, the Generalitat1 launched the institutional campaign 'Som sis Milions'(We are six
million). It was aimed at expressing the idea that there are no differences between being …

Immigration has become one of the most contested issues in advanced democracies.
Blamed for threatening national cultures and disrupting social cohesion, immigration has …

This paper examines stateless nationalist and regionalist party (SNRP) discourses on
immigration through an exploration of the economic dimensions of the centre-periphery …

Recognising that citizenship is an object of contention, this article studies how political
actors mobilise the concept of citizenship at the subnational level. As immigrant integration …

This PhD thesis evaluates the nexus between Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist
Parties'(SNRPs) constructions of minority nations' identity and immigration. A longitudinal …

Academic contributions to debates on migration policy tend to focus on the sovereign state
controlling borders and managing cross-border movements to vouchsafe the nation's …