scholarly journals Migration-Led Institutional Change in Urban Development and Planning

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Robert Barbarino ◽  
Charlotte Räuchle ◽  
Wolfgang Scholz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Thematic Issue ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Great Heterogeneity ◽  
And Migration

The migration-city-nexus has become central in migration and urban studies alike. This ‘local turn’ has not only initiated a rethinking of the local level as an independent level of migration policy-making but also broadened the discourse on how migration processes actually change cities. Therefore, the thematic issue at hand seeks to understand how migration-led development processes in cities promote and shape institutional change, and which actors transform policies, structures, and discourses on migration in different settings. It questions how migration-related issues in urban development are being handled and transformed by local state and civil society actors. With 11 empirical articles on local negotiations of migration in urban development in different settings, this thematic issue applies an institutional change perspective on local migration policy-making to contribute to a broader understanding of migration-led development in both urban and migration studies. When it comes to clearly capturing migration-led institutional change in urban development and planning, the contributions demonstrate great heterogeneity. They reveal that research on migration-led institutional change still has many biases and is very dependent on theoretical perspectives, positionalities of researchers, and the local context of the case studies.

scholarly journals Sinergitas Pembangunan Tata Ruang Pertahanan Daerah dalam Menghadapi Ancaman Non-Militer di Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Alfajri Alfajri ◽  
Azhari Setiawan ◽  
Herry Wahyudi
Keyword(s):  
Human Development Index ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Development ◽  
Local Context ◽  
National Defense ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
Securitization Theory ◽  
Real Community ◽  
Multi Level

This article aims to understand and explain the local context of state’s defense toward non-military threats in Indonesia. As the broading and deepening development of security significance, non-traditional security agenda urges multi-levels and multi-sectors synergy especially in the local government because the nature of non-military threats in Indonesia developed at the local level. First, authors review numbers of literatures about non-traditional security, non-military threats and the securitization theory. Second, the article elaborates the strategic environment—global, regional, and national—and threats perception from the perspective of Indonesia’s defense posture. After that, the article explains securitization aspects of multi-level and multi-sectors synergy on facing the non-military threats at the local level. The result of this research is the synergy of national development, regional development and national defense development needs to be synchronized with the support of clear regulations, considering the available resources to achieve real community welfare, both in terms of income, employment opportunities, business opportunities, access to policy making, competitiveness, and an increase in the human development index. The strategic relations between stakeholders in the synergy of national defense development is essential to achieve formidable defense. Policy socialization between vertical agencies of ministries/institutions and regional governments needs to be optimized and intensified so that there will be a common perception in the management and implementation of national defense development on dealing with non-military threats.

scholarly journals The globalisation of trafficking and its impact on the South African counter-trafficking legislation

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-68
Author(s):  
Ingrid Palmary ◽  
Thea de Gruchy
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
National Level ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
The South ◽  
Relevant Topic ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Cross National

This article was prompted by emerging and highly politicised debates in South Africa over the role of ‘foreign influence’ in policy-making. Whilst popular debates on this issue are often over simplified, it nevertheless seemed a relevant topic for migration policy-making given its cross-national focus. In this article, we therefore consider what influenced the development of South Africa’s 2013 Prevention and Combatting of Trafficking in Persons Act (TiP Act) as just one example of migration policy-making. Using qualitative methods, we map the influences on the South African TiP Act, and highlight how these shaped the passing of the Act, as well as the form that it took. We describe three pathways of international influence that shaped and constrained the possibilities for the Act: the global system for the governance of trafficking, the globalisation of knowledge around trafficking, and the nature of diplomatic relations. Exploring these pathways, we interrogate and unpack the idea that policy-making takes place in isolation and exclusively at a national level. Instead, this article illustrates how policy-making around issues of trafficking, and migration, takes place amidst complex and unequal global relationships.

scholarly journals Election of Donald Trump and Migration

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip L. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Executive Orders ◽  
The Us ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
And Migration

Donald Trump campaigned on seven major issues, two of which involved migration, viz, have the US build and Mexico pay for a wall on the 2,000 mile Mexico-US border and deport the 11 million unauthorized foreigners in the US. Trump also promised to reverse President Obama’s executive orders that provide temporary legal status to some unauthorized foreigners, and to “put American workers first” in migration policy making. After winning the November 2016 election, Trump modified some of his positions, announcing that deportation efforts would be focused on two million unauthorized foreigners that Trump says were convicted of US crimes.

scholarly journals Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Ruhs ◽  
Kristof Tamas ◽  
Joakim Palme
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Triangular Relationships ◽  
And Migration

International migration and integration are among the most important and controversial public policy issues of our time. The disconnect between migration policy debates and migration realities has prompted a quest for more ‘evidence-based’ debates and policy-making. This introductory chapter gives the background and explains the rationale, aims, and key contributions of the book Bridging the Gaps: Linking Research to Public Debates and Policy-Making on International Migration and Integration. It provides a basic conceptual framework for the theoretical and empirical analysis in the subsequent chapters, focusing on the triangular relationships between research, public debates, and policy-making. The chapter also includes an overview of the key insights and arguments of the theoretical reflections, case studies, and policy analyses in the book.

Editorial: Expert commissions and migration policy making

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip L. Martin ◽  
Eugen Stark
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Immigration Reform ◽  
Graphic Data ◽  
Temporary Foreign Workers ◽  
Advisory Commission ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Us Immigration

More countries are turning to expert commissions to assess labour market and demo-graphic data to help to answer the fundamental migration questions of how many, from where, and in what status newcomers should arrive. Britain has had a Migration Advisory Commission since 2008, and most US immigration reform proposals include commissions to assess labour market, demographic, and other data to provide advice or set quotas on the number of immigrants and temporary foreign workers admitted.

scholarly journals Regional needs assessment: an approach to demographic and migration research

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Elina Apsite-Berina ◽  
◽  
Baiba Bela ◽  
Maris Berzins ◽  
Dina Bite ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Collaborative Practices ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Collective Creativity ◽  
World Cafe ◽  
The World ◽  
And Migration

This study exposes approaches to "collective creativity"by adopting a regional needs assessment through the World Café method. A multidisciplinary team of researchers and stakeholders worked together to identify needs within the region by using the World Café method and enhancing participation in policy-making. The paper aims to describe regional needs assessment as a useful approach for studying demographic and migration challenges in the regions of Latvia. The formal outcomes of the project are policy recommendations which have been used for the elaboration of planning documents at the national, regional and local level. Moreover, this approach also fostered positive collaborative practices among scientists and policymakers, including scientists who come from various disciplines and found a common platform for the solution of problems.

All Politics Is Local? County Sheriffs and Localized Policies of Immigration Enforcement

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily M. Farris ◽  
Mirya R. Holman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Local Variation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Immigration Enforcement ◽  
Policy Environments

Immigration enforcement and policy making has increasingly devolved to the local level in the United States. American sheriffs present a unique opportunity to evaluate decisions made about immigration policies in the local context. In dealing with immigration concerns in their counties, sheriffs act both within the confines of federal and state mandates and as local policymakers. However, little research comprehensively assesses the role sheriffs play in immigration policy making. Using data from an original, national survey of more than five hundred elected sheriffs in the United States, we provide a broad account of sheriffs’ roles in immigration enforcement and policy making. Our research demonstrates that sheriffs’ ideology and personal characteristics shape their personal attitudes about immigrants. In turn, these attitudes play a key role in influencing local enforcement decisions. Sheriffs’ immigration attitudes relate strongest to checks of the immigration status of witnesses and victims and those stopped for traffic violations or arrested for non-violent crimes. Our results demonstrate the important role of the sheriff in understanding local variation in immigration policy and the connection between the personal preferences of representatives and policy making that can emerge across policy environments and levels of government.

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