Legal Frameworks for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals.

By: Niessen, JanContributor(s): Huddleston, ThomasMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy in Europe SerPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047412199Subject(s): Aliens -- Civil rights | Emigration and immigration law | Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation | Immigrants -- Government policy | Social integration -- Government policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Legal Frameworks for the Integration of Third-Country NationalsDDC classification: 342.083 LOC classification: K3274.L427 2009Online resources: Click to View
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Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Construction of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (Jan Niessen) -- A. Valuing Legal Integration -- B. Equality Standards -- C. Developing the Evalution Framework -- 1. Strands, Dimensions and Indicators -- 2. Turning Policies into Numbers -- 3. Turning Numbers into Scores, Comparisons and Rankings -- D. Case Study on Family Reunion -- Chapter 2 On Using Indicators for Raising and Meeting Integration Standards (Jan Niessen and Thomas Huddleston) -- A. Introduction: Where International Cooperation meets Comparative Research -- B. The State of Play -- 1. The Emergence of an Evidence-Based Approach to Migration Policies in Europe -- 2. State of Play: Integration Indicators and their Critiques -- C. Building an Evaluation Chain on Integration Policy -- 1. So What are Indicators Good for? -- 2. Key Features for Evaluation in Integration Policy -- 3. The Challenges for Policy Indicators -- 4. Linking up MIPEX Policy Indicators in the Evaluation Chain of Integration Policy -- 5. Conclusion: The Current and Future Uses of MIPEX in a Joined-up Evaluation Chain -- Chapter 3 Correlations within Integration Policies in Europe: Internal Dynamics Across National Contexts (Thomas Huddleston and Frida Borang) -- A. Correlations within each Integration Policy Strand -- 1. (Un)equal Labour Market Access/(Non)Existent State Programmes -- 2. The Right to Sponsor One's Family (of a Certain Size and Capacity) -- 3. Long-term Residence: A Signifi cant Insignifi cance -- 4. The Building Blocks of Political Participation -- 5. Dual Nationality, ius soli, and a Civic Concept of the Nation -- 6. Anti-discrimination: Applying the Defi nitions, Enforcing Laws and Policies -- B. Between Integration Policy Strands and Dimensions -- 1. The Web of Links between Integration Policies.
2. Which Policy Area was most Determinate for MIPEX Success? -- 3. Imposing Conditions on the Security of Residence -- 4. Family Reunion and Labour Market Access: Both Part of an "integration choisie?" -- 5. Family Reunion and Long-Term Residence: The Same Set of Choices -- 6. Becoming a Long-Term Resident or a National: What's the Diff erence? -- 7. Is there a (Non)discriminatory Approach to Turning Migrants into Citizens? -- 8. Is there Policy Coherence in Integration Policy? -- C. Correlation between Integration and Other Policies: MIPEX Compared to Other Indices -- 1. Is Integration Policy Part and Parcel of a Good Governance Approach? -- 2. Integration Frameworks for Countries in Transition: Central Eastern Europe -- 3. Integration Policy and the Welfare State Paradigm -- 4. Integration Policies and Economic Competitiveness -- 5. The Same Path for Gender and Immigrant Equality? -- D. Conclusions and Recommendations for Further Research -- Annex -- Chapter 4 Exploring Regimes of Immigrant Integration: Clustering Countries on the Basis of the MIPEX Data (Marc Hooghe and Tim Reeskens) -- A. Introduction -- B. Theorising Models of Integration Regimes -- 1. Civic and Ethnic Integration Models -- 2. Analytical Challenges Regarding the Study of Integration Regimes -- C. Exploring Country Clusters Using MIPEX -- 1. Methodology -- 2. Analysis on the Full MIPEX Data -- 3. Disaggregating MIPEX Scores -- D. Relating the Country Clusters to Civic-Ethnic Survey Items -- E. Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Nexus between Immigrant Integration Policy and Public Opinion in the European Union (Dirk Jacobs & Barbara Herman) -- A. Linking MIPEX and the European Social Survey -- B. Linking MIPEX and the Eurobarometer -- C. Public Opinion in Europe on Immigrant Rights -- D . Public Opinion and the MIPEX Strand on Long-Term Residence.
E. Family Reunion: MIPEX Results and Public Opinion -- F. Nationality Acquisition: MIPEX Results and Public Opinion -- G . Public Opinion on Discrimination -- H. MIPEX Results for Anti-Discrimination and Public Opinion -- I. Labour Market Policy and Public Opinion -- J. The Richer the Country, the More Open Its Policies Towards Migrants? -- K. Conclusion and Debate -- Chapter 6 Benchmarking Standards in Anti-Discrimination Law and Policy (Mark Bell) -- A. Defi nitions and Concepts -- B. Fields of Application -- C. Enforcement -- D. Equality Policies -- E. Conclusions -- Chapter 7 Acquiring Nationality: Is it a Goal, a Tool, or an Assessment of Integration? (Judit Tóth) -- A. International Legal Principles -- B. Other Normative Determinants: European Community Law -- C. Alternatives in Analysis -- D. Trends and Questions From the Question on the Integration/ Nationality Nexus -- E. Conclusions -- Chapter 8 Policies and "Outcomes" for Third Country Nationals in Europe's Labour Markets (Andrew Geddes and Daniel Wunderlich) -- A. Introduction -- G. Conclusions -- B. Policy and Outcomes -- C. The Scope for Europeanisation -- D. The Labour Market Situation of Third Country Nationals -- 1. Employment Rates -- 2. Unemployment Rates -- 3. Long-Term Employment -- 4. Gender Gap -- 5. Youth, Employment, and Unemployment -- 6. Part-Time Employment -- E. Outcomes Versus Policy -- F. Correlation Between Employment and Unemployment Rates With the Level of Economic Integration -- Chapter 9 Political Participation for Migrants: The MIPEX Results (Dirk Jacobs, Florence Delmotte and Barbara Herman) -- A. Political Participation -- B. Political Inclusion of Foreigners -- C. The Challenge of Representation -- D. The MIPEX Indicators for the Strand on Political Participation -- E. The Link Between the Scopes on Political Participation and Nationality Acquisition.
F. The Link Between Diff erent Strands for Political Participation -- G. The Support for More Ethnic Minority Politicians -- H. Conclusion -- Annex 1: The MIPEX Indicators for the Political Inclusion Strand -- Index.
Summary: The book lays out the methodology behind the Migrant Integration Policy Index, a unique study on indicators of legal integration, before analysing European trends in various policy areas critical to immigrants' opportunities to participate in their country of residence.
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Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Construction of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (Jan Niessen) -- A. Valuing Legal Integration -- B. Equality Standards -- C. Developing the Evalution Framework -- 1. Strands, Dimensions and Indicators -- 2. Turning Policies into Numbers -- 3. Turning Numbers into Scores, Comparisons and Rankings -- D. Case Study on Family Reunion -- Chapter 2 On Using Indicators for Raising and Meeting Integration Standards (Jan Niessen and Thomas Huddleston) -- A. Introduction: Where International Cooperation meets Comparative Research -- B. The State of Play -- 1. The Emergence of an Evidence-Based Approach to Migration Policies in Europe -- 2. State of Play: Integration Indicators and their Critiques -- C. Building an Evaluation Chain on Integration Policy -- 1. So What are Indicators Good for? -- 2. Key Features for Evaluation in Integration Policy -- 3. The Challenges for Policy Indicators -- 4. Linking up MIPEX Policy Indicators in the Evaluation Chain of Integration Policy -- 5. Conclusion: The Current and Future Uses of MIPEX in a Joined-up Evaluation Chain -- Chapter 3 Correlations within Integration Policies in Europe: Internal Dynamics Across National Contexts (Thomas Huddleston and Frida Borang) -- A. Correlations within each Integration Policy Strand -- 1. (Un)equal Labour Market Access/(Non)Existent State Programmes -- 2. The Right to Sponsor One's Family (of a Certain Size and Capacity) -- 3. Long-term Residence: A Signifi cant Insignifi cance -- 4. The Building Blocks of Political Participation -- 5. Dual Nationality, ius soli, and a Civic Concept of the Nation -- 6. Anti-discrimination: Applying the Defi nitions, Enforcing Laws and Policies -- B. Between Integration Policy Strands and Dimensions -- 1. The Web of Links between Integration Policies.

2. Which Policy Area was most Determinate for MIPEX Success? -- 3. Imposing Conditions on the Security of Residence -- 4. Family Reunion and Labour Market Access: Both Part of an "integration choisie?" -- 5. Family Reunion and Long-Term Residence: The Same Set of Choices -- 6. Becoming a Long-Term Resident or a National: What's the Diff erence? -- 7. Is there a (Non)discriminatory Approach to Turning Migrants into Citizens? -- 8. Is there Policy Coherence in Integration Policy? -- C. Correlation between Integration and Other Policies: MIPEX Compared to Other Indices -- 1. Is Integration Policy Part and Parcel of a Good Governance Approach? -- 2. Integration Frameworks for Countries in Transition: Central Eastern Europe -- 3. Integration Policy and the Welfare State Paradigm -- 4. Integration Policies and Economic Competitiveness -- 5. The Same Path for Gender and Immigrant Equality? -- D. Conclusions and Recommendations for Further Research -- Annex -- Chapter 4 Exploring Regimes of Immigrant Integration: Clustering Countries on the Basis of the MIPEX Data (Marc Hooghe and Tim Reeskens) -- A. Introduction -- B. Theorising Models of Integration Regimes -- 1. Civic and Ethnic Integration Models -- 2. Analytical Challenges Regarding the Study of Integration Regimes -- C. Exploring Country Clusters Using MIPEX -- 1. Methodology -- 2. Analysis on the Full MIPEX Data -- 3. Disaggregating MIPEX Scores -- D. Relating the Country Clusters to Civic-Ethnic Survey Items -- E. Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Nexus between Immigrant Integration Policy and Public Opinion in the European Union (Dirk Jacobs & Barbara Herman) -- A. Linking MIPEX and the European Social Survey -- B. Linking MIPEX and the Eurobarometer -- C. Public Opinion in Europe on Immigrant Rights -- D . Public Opinion and the MIPEX Strand on Long-Term Residence.

E. Family Reunion: MIPEX Results and Public Opinion -- F. Nationality Acquisition: MIPEX Results and Public Opinion -- G . Public Opinion on Discrimination -- H. MIPEX Results for Anti-Discrimination and Public Opinion -- I. Labour Market Policy and Public Opinion -- J. The Richer the Country, the More Open Its Policies Towards Migrants? -- K. Conclusion and Debate -- Chapter 6 Benchmarking Standards in Anti-Discrimination Law and Policy (Mark Bell) -- A. Defi nitions and Concepts -- B. Fields of Application -- C. Enforcement -- D. Equality Policies -- E. Conclusions -- Chapter 7 Acquiring Nationality: Is it a Goal, a Tool, or an Assessment of Integration? (Judit Tóth) -- A. International Legal Principles -- B. Other Normative Determinants: European Community Law -- C. Alternatives in Analysis -- D. Trends and Questions From the Question on the Integration/ Nationality Nexus -- E. Conclusions -- Chapter 8 Policies and "Outcomes" for Third Country Nationals in Europe's Labour Markets (Andrew Geddes and Daniel Wunderlich) -- A. Introduction -- G. Conclusions -- B. Policy and Outcomes -- C. The Scope for Europeanisation -- D. The Labour Market Situation of Third Country Nationals -- 1. Employment Rates -- 2. Unemployment Rates -- 3. Long-Term Employment -- 4. Gender Gap -- 5. Youth, Employment, and Unemployment -- 6. Part-Time Employment -- E. Outcomes Versus Policy -- F. Correlation Between Employment and Unemployment Rates With the Level of Economic Integration -- Chapter 9 Political Participation for Migrants: The MIPEX Results (Dirk Jacobs, Florence Delmotte and Barbara Herman) -- A. Political Participation -- B. Political Inclusion of Foreigners -- C. The Challenge of Representation -- D. The MIPEX Indicators for the Strand on Political Participation -- E. The Link Between the Scopes on Political Participation and Nationality Acquisition.

F. The Link Between Diff erent Strands for Political Participation -- G. The Support for More Ethnic Minority Politicians -- H. Conclusion -- Annex 1: The MIPEX Indicators for the Political Inclusion Strand -- Index.

The book lays out the methodology behind the Migrant Integration Policy Index, a unique study on indicators of legal integration, before analysing European trends in various policy areas critical to immigrants' opportunities to participate in their country of residence.

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